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Marta Jimenez

Object Details

Description
A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Marta Jimenez sitting on the windowsill of an open window, leaning against the inner frame. The wooden frame of the window is in the image, with the window lifted just above Jimenez’s head. Jimenez wears a short sleeved, patterned, button up shirt. She has a handkerchief tied on her head.
There are no inscriptions on the front of the print. The back is digned by the photographer and has some alpha-numerical inscriptions.
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Photograph by
Frank Espada, Puerto Rican, 1930 - 2014
Subject of
Marta Jimenez, Puerto Rican
Date
1982
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture purchased with funds provided by the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Type
gelatin silver prints
portraits
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