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Perla de Leon, Oncoming Storm, 1980, gelatin silver print, image: 6 1⁄2 × 9 3⁄4 in. (16.5 × 24.8 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, 2016.16.7, © 1980, Perla de Leon. Downloading of image is not permitted. Rights to reproduce the image belong to the artist.
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Oncoming Storm
- Artist
- Date
- 1980
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- image: 6 1⁄2 × 9 3⁄4 in. (16.5 × 24.8 cm) sheet: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
- Copyright
- © 1980, Perla de Leon. Downloading of image is not permitted. Rights to reproduce the image belong to the artist.
- 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
- Architecture Exterior — domestic — house
- Cityscape — weather — storm
- Figure male — child
- African American
- Architecture — vehicle — automobile
- Cityscape — street
- Cityscape — New York — New York
- Object Number
- 2016.16.7
Exhibitions
May 11, 2017–August 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.