Untitled, Bronx Storefront, "La Rumba Supermarket"

Object Details

Artist

Emilio Sánchez, born Camagüey, Cuba 1921-died Warwick, NY 1999

Exhibition Label

In the 1980s, Sánchez turned to the urban landscape of New York, where commercial establishments like bodegas (corner stores) evoked places and people from the Caribbean. La Rumba Supermarket is named after a signature Cuban rhythm that became internationalized after the 1930s. The brightly hued structure reflects the color palette of Caribbean domestic architecture and suggests the ways Latino culture transformed the appearance and “language” of this major American metropolis

Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art, 2013

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Emilio Sanchez Foundation

Copyright

© Emilio Sanchez Foundation

late 1980s

Object number

2011.19.5

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Painting

Medium

watercolor on paper

Dimensions

sheet and image: 40 x 59 1/2 in. (101.6 x 151.1 cm)

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department

Graphic Arts

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

Cityscape\New York\Bronx

Architecture Exterior\commercial\store

Record ID

saam_2011.19.5

Metadata Usage (text)

Not determined

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7af852fdc-a064-4a39-ba17-181f2362854c