<I>The Suburbia Portfolio: Untitled 34</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2006; printed 2016
name: label: Photograph by
content: Sheila Pree Bright, American, born 1967
notes: label: Caption
content: Shoes recently kicked off, toys on the stairs, and a purse dangling from a newel post are all offered by Bright as traces of the Black domestic interior in The Suburbia Portfolio. With figures just out of frame or carefully obscured, these scenes maintain privacy for residents but also create an atmosphere of familiar intimacy and downtime.
label: Description
content: A color photograph of a kitchen counter with an assortment of items. At proper left is a white plastic drying rack with two (2) white glasses with a silhouette design and a plate with a blue patterned border. Behind the drying rack, on the window ledge, are a small painted bottle, a Cuisinart hand blender, and a blue wine bottle. At center is a glass jar, possibly storing tea. At center right is a cake stand with a wood base and glass top, with a collection of small figurines arranged on the base under the glass. At proper right in the foreground is a brown teapot, and in the background is a white plate with apples. Above the counter is a corner cabinet shelf with a honey bear with a little bit of honey inside, and a "mammy" figurine with the word "Jamaica" printed across the fruit basket on her head.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Architecture
label: Topic
content: Black geographies
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Interior design
label: Topic
content: Photography
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: The Suburbia Portfolio
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.55.8
objectType: label: Type
content: inkjet prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Sheila Pree Bright
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 17 × 22 in. (43.2 × 55.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)