Kung Fu Kick

Perla de Leon, Kung Fu Kick, 1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2016.16.5, © 1980, Perla de Leon
Perla de Leon, Kung Fu Kick, 1980, gelatin silver print, image: 6 × 8 7⁄8 in. (15.2 × 22.5 cm) (irregular) sheet: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm) (irregular), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2016.16.5, © 1980, Perla de Leon

Artwork Details

Title
Kung Fu Kick
Artist
Date
1980
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 6 × 8 7⁄8 in. (15.2 × 22.5 cm) (irregular) sheet: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm) (irregular)
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
  • Figure male — child
  • African American
  • Recreation — sport and play
  • Cityscape — street
  • Cityscape — New York — New York
Object Number
2016.16.5
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2016.16.5

Works by this artist (5 items)

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Thomas Doughty, Mount Vernon, 1832, lithograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of International Business Machines Corporation, 1966.48.74
Mount Vernon
Artist
Date1832
lithograph
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James Smillie, Thomas Doughty, The Battlefield of Brandywine, engraving, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Olin Dows, 1978.152.89
The Battlefield of Brandywine
Artist
engraving
Not on view
Thomas Doughty, Landscape with Stream and Mountains, 1833, oil on wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1976.54
Landscape with Stream and Mountains
Artist
Date1833
oil on wood
Not on view
Thomas Doughty, The Capitol. Washington, D.C., 1832, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1980.67.6
The Capitol. Washington, D.C.
Artist
Date1832
lithograph on 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, 2017–August 5, 2017
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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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