Militant display, Window, Bushwick, Brooklyn, from the series Old New York

Camilo José Vergara, Militant display, Window, Bushwick, Brooklyn, from the series Old New York, 1970, inkjet print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 2015.55.3, © 1970, Camilo José Vergara
Camilo José Vergara, Militant display, Window, Bushwick, Brooklyn, from the series Old New York, 1970, inkjet print, image: 11 1⁄2 × 17 3⁄8 in. (29.2 × 44.1 cm) sheet: 15 3⁄4 × 19 5⁄8 in. (40.0 × 49.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 2015.55.3, © 1970, Camilo José Vergara

Artwork Details

Title
Militant display, Window, Bushwick, Brooklyn, from the series Old New York
Artist
Date
1970
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 11 1⁄2 × 17 3⁄8 in. (29.2 × 44.1 cm) sheet: 15 3⁄4 × 19 5⁄8 in. (40.0 × 49.8 cm)
Copyright
© 1970, Camilo José Vergara
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Mediums Description
inkjet print
Classifications
Subjects
  • Object — written matter — poster
  • Architecture Exterior — commercial — store
  • Architecture Exterior — detail — window
  • Cityscape — New York — Brooklyn
Object Number
2015.55.3
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2015.55.3

Works by this artist (2 items)

Jane Sauer, Elaborate Layers, 1985, waxed linen thread and acrylic paint, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Eleanor T. and Samuel J. Rosenfeld, 2002.8.13
Elaborate Layers
Artist
Date1985
waxed linen thread and acrylic paint
Not on view
Jane Sauer, Concurrence, 1985, waxed linen thread and acrylic paint, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Eleanor T. and Samuel J. Rosenfeld, 2002.8.12
Concurrence
Artist
Date1985
waxed linen thread and acrylic paint
Not on view

Exhibitions

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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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