Untitled, Bronx Storefront, ​“La Rumba Supermarket”

Emilio Sánchez, Untitled, Bronx Storefront, "La Rumba Supermarket", late 1980s, watercolor on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Emilio Sanchez Foundation, 2011.19.5, © Emilio Sanchez Foundation
Emilio Sánchez, Untitled, Bronx Storefront, "La Rumba Supermarket", late 1980s, watercolor on paper, sheet and image: 40 x 59 1⁄2 in. (101.6 x 151.1 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Emilio Sanchez Foundation, 2011.19.5, © Emilio Sanchez Foundation

Artwork Details

Title
Untitled, Bronx Storefront, ​“La Rumba Supermarket”
Artist
Date
late 1980s
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet and image: 40 x 59 1⁄2 in. (101.6 x 151.1 cm)
Copyright
© Emilio Sanchez Foundation
Credit Line
Gift of the Emilio Sanchez Foundation
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Cityscape — New York — Bronx
  • Architecture Exterior — commercial — store
Object Number
2011.19.5
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2011.19.5

Artwork Description

In the 1980s, Sánchez turned to the urban landscape of New York, where commercial establishments like bodegas (corner stores) evoked places and people from the Caribbean. La Rumba Supermarket is named after a signature Cuban rhythm that became internationalized after the 1930s. The brightly hued structure reflects the color palette of Caribbean domestic architecture and suggests the ways Latino culture transformed the appearance and “language” of this major American metropolis

Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art, 2013
Description in Spanish

En los años ochenta, Sánchez se interesó por el paisaje urbano de Nueva York, donde los establecimientos comerciales como las bodegas evocaban los lugares y la gente del Caribe. La Rumba Supermarket toma su nombre de un ritmo clásico cubano que se internacionalizó después de los años treinta. El edificio de tonos brillantes refleja la paleta de colores de la arquitectura vernacular caribeña y sugiere las formas en que la cultura latina transformó el aspecto y el ​“lenguaje” de esta importante metrópolis estadounidense.

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Exhibitions

Media - 2011.12 - SAAM-2011.12_1 - 77591
Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art
October 25, 2013–March 2, 2014
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art presents the rich and varied contributions of Latino artists in the United States since the mid-twentieth century, when the concept of a collective Latino identity began to emerge.

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