Kung Fu Kick

Perla de Leon, Kung Fu Kick, 1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2016.16.5, © 1980, Perla de Leon
Perla de Leon, Kung Fu Kick, 1980, gelatin silver print, image: 6 × 8 78 in. (15.2 × 22.5 cm) (irregular) sheet: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm) (irregular), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2016.16.5, © 1980, Perla de Leon

Artwork Details

Title
Kung Fu Kick
Date
1980
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 6 × 8 78 in. (15.2 × 22.5 cm) (irregular) sheet: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm) (irregular)
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
  • Recreation — sport and play
  • African American
  • Figure male — child
  • Architecture Exterior — domestic — apartment
  • Cityscape — street
  • Cityscape — New York — New York
Object Number
2016.16.5

Works by this artist (2 items)

Einar De La Torre, Jamex De La Torre, Ohio Goza y Mas, 2013, blown glass, resin castings, and mixed media, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Todd Wingate and Steven Cason, courtesy of the artists and Koplin Del Rio Gallery, 2021.84
Ohio Goza y Mas
Date2013
blown glass, resin castings, and mixed media
On view
Losing Bitch
Date1994
mixed media and hand blown glass
Not on view

Exhibitions

Photograph of children playing in the water from a fire hydrant by Hiram Maristany
Down These Mean Streets: Community and Place in Urban Photography
May 11, 2017August 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.

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William Holbrook Beard, The Runaway Match, 1877, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1977.55
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