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Lupe’s Kitchen Window, San Leandro, California

c. 1975

Joanne Leonard

Associated Names

Joanne Leonard

Artist, American, born 1940

The image displays a kitchen sink set against a window with dishes in a rack to the left and a faucet at the center. The scene is in shades of black and white with varying tones. The sink is centered at the lower middle part of the image below the window, which features sheer curtains letting light filter through. The dishes are piled on the left side and a few bottles and containers are situated to the right on the countertop.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Gift of the Artist in honor of her daughter, Julia Marjorie Leonard
Dimensions

image: 41.8 × 43.1 cm (16 7/16 × 16 15/16 in.)
sheet: 60.5 × 50.8 cm (23 13/16 × 20 in.)
Accession Number

2020.117.19

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joanne Leonard, Ann Arbor, MI; gift to NGA, 2020.

Associated Names

Leonard, Joanne

Exhibition History

2025

The '70s Lens: Reimagining Documentary Photography: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 6, 2024–April 6, 2025

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Joanne Leonard / JOANNE LEONARD; lower right: 3

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