My Playground

Perla de Leon, My Playground, 1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2016.16.6, © 1980, Perla de Leon
Perla de Leon, My Playground, 1980, gelatin silver print, image: 6 × 9 in. (15.2 × 22.9 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, 2016.16.6, © 1980, Perla de Leon

Artwork Details

Title
My Playground
Date
1980
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 6 × 9 in. (15.2 × 22.9 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
  • Occupation — domestic — gathering
  • Figure female — child
  • Recreation — sport and play
  • Cityscape — New York — New York
  • Figure group
Object Number
2016.16.6

Works by this artist (2 items)

Andrea Way, Bones, 1987, ink on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tom and Judy Brody, 2009.38.3, © 1987, Andrea Way
Bones
Date1987
ink on paper
Not on view
Andrea Way, Cicada, 1992, screenprint, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by Barry and Beverly Pierce, 1992.68, © 1992, Andrea Way
Cicada
Date1992
screenprint
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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