Untitled (Chair in the snow, Manhattan Valley, New York)
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Object Details
- Artist
- Frank Espada, born Utuado, Puerto Rico 1930-died San Francisco, CA 2014
- Exhibition Label
- An armchair, typically an object of domestic comfort and warmth, is cast off onto a cold and barren lot. Frank Espada's poetic photograph sheds light on a difficult chapter in New York history. It was taken in a neighborhood where arson for profit had destroyed buildings and displaced residents.
- Down These Mean Streets: Community and Place in Urban Photography, 2017
- Exhibition Label in Spanish
- Un sillón, que suele ser un objeto de comodidad y calor doméstico es desechado en un lote frío y árido. La poética fotografía de Frank Espada revela un capítulo difícil de la historia de Nueva York. La imagen fue tomada en un vecindario donde los incendios provocados con fines de lucro destruyeron edificios y desplazaron a los residentes.
- Por estas calles bravas: Comunidad y lugar en la fotografía urbana, 2017
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center
- Copyright
- © 1981, Frank Espada Photography
- 1981
- Object number
- 2015.22.13
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Photography
- Medium
- gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- image: 13 1/8 × 19 5/8 in. (33.3 × 49.8 cm) sheet: 15 7/8 × 20 in. (40.3 × 50.8 cm)
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Graphic Arts
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Cityscape\season\winter
- Cityscape\weather\snow
- Object\furniture\chair
- Architecture Exterior
- Cityscape\New York\New City
- Record ID
- saam_2015.22.13
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk75ce63825-a318-4012-898d-ef93bdca489c
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