Untitled, Bronx Storefront, "La Rumba Supermarket"
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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
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