Tito (Blake Avenue, East New York)

Frank Espada, Tito (Blake Avenue, East New York), 1963, gelatin silver print, sheet and image: 5 ¹⁄₄ × 8 in. (13.3 × 20.5 cm) mount: 13 ⁷⁄₈ × 11 in. (35.2 × 27.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2015.22.6, © 1963, Frank Espada Photography

Artwork Details

Title: Tito (Blake Avenue, East New York)
Artist: Frank Espada
Date: 1963
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: sheet and image: 5 ¹⁄₄ × 8 in. (13.3 × 20.5 cm) mount: 13 ⁷⁄₈ × 11 in. (35.2 × 27.9 cm)
Copyright: © 1963, Frank Espada Photography
Credit Line: Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center
Mediums Description: gelatin silver print
Classifications: Photography
Subjects: Cityscape — New York — New York
Cityscape — street
Portrait male — unidentified — child
Object Number: 2015.22.6
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2015.22.6

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