Touch Football

Perla de Leon, Touch Football, 1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2016.16.10, © 1980, Perla de Leon
Perla de Leon, Touch Football, 1980, gelatin silver print, image: 6 × 9 1⁄2 in. (15.2 × 24.1 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, 2016.16.10, © 1980, Perla de Leon

Artwork Details

Title
Touch Football
Artist
Date
1980
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 6 × 9 1⁄2 in. (15.2 × 24.1 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
  • Recreation — sport and play — football
  • Figure male — child
  • Cityscape — New York — New York
  • Cityscape — street
  • Figure group — male
  • African American
Object Number
2016.16.10
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2016.16.10

Works by this artist (19 items)

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Thomas Vigil, Costume Studies-Eagle, Buffalo, and Antelope Dances, ca. 1920-1925, watercolor and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Corbin-Henderson Collection, Gift of Alice H. Rossin, 1979.144.59
Costume Studies-Eagle, Buffalo, and Antelope Dances
Artist
Dateca. 1920-1925
watercolor and pencil on paper
Not on view
Thomas Vigil, Snow Bird Dancers, ca. 1920-1925, watercolor and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Corbin-Henderson Collection, Gift of Alice H. Rossin, 1979.144.56
Snow Bird Dancers
Artist
Dateca. 1920-1925
watercolor and pencil on paper
Not on view
Thomas Vigil, Women's Dance, ca. 1920-1925, watercolor and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Corbin-Henderson Collection, Gift of Alice H. Rossin, 1979.144.62
Women’s Dance
Artist
Dateca. 1920-1925
watercolor and pencil on paper
Not on view
Thomas Vigil, Buffalo Dancer, ca. 1920-1930, gouache and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Corbin-Henderson Collection, Gift of Alice H. Rossin, 1979.144.67
Buffalo Dancer
Artist
Dateca. 1920-1930
gouache and pencil on paper
Not on view

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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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