Going to Work

Perla de Leon, Going to Work, 1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2016.16.2, © 1980, Perla de Leon
Perla de Leon, Going to Work, 1980, gelatin silver print, image: 6 3⁄8 × 9 1⁄2 in. (16.2 × 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, 2016.16.2, © 1980, Perla de Leon

Artwork Details

Title
Going to Work
Artist
Date
1980
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 6 3⁄8 × 9 1⁄2 in. (16.2 × 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
  • Figure group
  • Cityscape — New York — New York
  • Cityscape — street
  • Architecture — vehicle — automobile
  • African American
  • Architecture Exterior — domestic — apartment
Object Number
2016.16.2
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2016.16.2

Works by this artist (5 items)

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Jean Carlu, Repaying Nature's Riches, from the Early Series, 1941, gouache on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.47
Repaying Nature’s Riches, from the Early Series
Artist
Date1941
gouache on paperboard
Not on view
Jean Carlu, In One Organization, from the Early Series, 1942, gouache on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.45
In One Organization, from the Early Series
Artist
Date1942
gouache on paperboard
Not on view
Jean Carlu, Gift Packages for Hitler!, from the Early Series, 1942, gouache and gelatin silver print collage on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.44
Gift Packages for Hitler!, from the Early Series
Artist
Date1942
gouache and gelatin silver print collage on paper
Not on view
Jean Carlu, New Skills from War, from the Early Series, 1943, gouache on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.46
New Skills from War, from the Early Series
Artist
Date1943
gouache on paperboard
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, 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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Artist
Date1924
gouache and charcoal on paper
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Hannah Moscon, Skirmish, ca.1954, gouache on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Michael J. Ettner, 2021.88.213
Skirmish
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Herbert Bayer, Destiny of an Old Directory, from the Early Series, 1939, gouache and gelatin silver print on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.14
Destiny of an Old Directory, from the Early Series
Artist
Date1939
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Not on view
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Self Portrait in 1924
Artist
Date1924
pastel and gouache on fiberboard
Not on view