<I>The Suburbia Portfolio: Untitled 27</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2006; printed 2016
name: label: Photograph by
content: Sheila Pree Bright, American, born 1967
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
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 closet in a house. Coats, jackets and uniforms hang on a wire rack. At center are two (2) Army jackets with shoulder insignia for the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command, insignia for Sergeant First Class, and eight (8) service stripes indicating 24 years of service. On top of the rack, at proper left, is a bag for a United States Navy gas mask, printed: "USN / U / GAS MASK / ND MARK IV." At center is a large framed photograph or drawing of two (2) women wearing high-necked dresses or blouses. In front of the frame is small stack of Army caps in camoflauge fabric. At right is a box for a Sunbeam iron, on top of another box.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Architecture
label: Topic
content: Black geographies
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Interior design
label: Topic
content: Military
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: 2016.55.6
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): 22 × 17 in. (55.9 × 43.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)