A Hill in the South Bronx

Perla de Leon, A Hill in the South Bronx, 1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2016.16.3, © 1980, Perla de Leon
Perla de Leon, A Hill in the South Bronx, 1980, gelatin silver print, image: 6 12 × 9 34 in. (16.5 × 24.8 cm) sheet: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2016.16.3, © 1980, Perla de Leon

Artwork Details

Title
A Hill in the South Bronx
Date
1980
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 6 12 × 9 34 in. (16.5 × 24.8 cm) sheet: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Copyright
© 1980, Perla de Leon
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center
Mediums Description
gelatin silver print
Classifications
Subjects
  • Architecture Exterior — domestic — apartment
  • Cityscape — New York — Bronx
  • Cityscape — New York — New York
Object Number
2016.16.3

Works by this artist (1 item)

Juan Sánchez, Cielo /Tierra / Esperanza, 1990, photolithograph with collograph and stenciled paper pulp on handmade paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Donna Barnard Ari in honor of Susan Sollins, 2005.18A-B, © 1990, Juan Sanchez
Cielo /​Tierra / Esperanza
Date1990
photolithograph with collograph and stenciled paper pulp on handmade paper
Not on view

Exhibitions

Photograph of children playing in the water from a fire hydrant by Hiram Maristany
Down These Mean Streets: Community and Place in Urban Photography
May 11, 2017August 5, 2017
America’s urban streets have long inspired documentary photographers. After World War II, populations shifted from the city to the suburbs and newly built highways cut through thriving neighborhoods, leaving isolated pockets within major urban centers.

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