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Sandra Cisneros

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Object Details

Artist

Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, born 16 Feb 1952

Sitter

Sandra Cisneros, born 20 Dec 1954

Exhibition Label

Born Chicago, Illinois
Sandra Cisneros is one of the most prominent Latina voices in American literature. In her first published work, The House on Mango Street (1984), she drew upon her experience as the daughter of a working-class Mexican American family in Chicago. A recipient of the coveted American Book Award, it became required reading in public schools and universities across the country. In 1995, Cisneros became the first Latina to be named a MacArthur Fellow. The New York Times and other national newspapers selected her novel Caramelo as a notable book of 2002. Cisneros projects different identities in her many portraits, as if alluding to the freedom of imagination she exercises as a writer. Sometimes she wears pink wigs or animal print coats; here, she is shown displaying her tattoo of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
This photograph is part of Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’s series The Latino List, which explores what it means to be Latino in the twenty-first century.
Nacida en Chicago, Illinois
Sandra Cisneros es una de las voces latinas más prominentes en la literatura estadounidense. Su primera novela, La casa en Mango Street (1984), estuvo inspirada en su experiencia de crecer en una familia mexicoamericana de clase trabajadora en Chicago. El libro ganó el codiciado Premio del Libro Americano y pasó a ser lectura obligada en las escuelas públicas y universidades del país. En 1995, Cisneros se convirtió en la primera Latina que recibió la Beca MacArthur. El New York Times y otros periódicos nacionales seleccionaron su novela Caramelo entre los libros notables del 2002. Cisneros proyecta distintas identidades en sus muchos retratos, como aludiendo a su libertad de imaginación por ser escritora. A veces lleva pelucas rosadas o abrigos con estampados de animales. Aquí muestra su tatuaje de la Virgen de Guadalupe.
Esta fotografía forma parte de la serie La lista de latinos, donde Timothy Greenfield-Sanders explora lo que significa ser latino en el siglo XXI.

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Catherine and Ingrid Pino Duran

Date

June 2011

Object number

NPG.2019.105

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Copyright

© 2011 Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

Type

Photograph

Medium

Inkjet print

Dimensions

Image: 86.5 × 68.5 cm (34 1/16 × 26 15/16")
Sheet: 102.9 × 76.2 cm (40 1/2 × 30")
Mat: 122 × 96.7 cm (48 1/16 × 38 1/16")

Place

United States\New York\Kings\New York

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Costume\Jewelry\Necklace
Interior
Costume\Jewelry\Ring
Costume\Jewelry\Bracelet
Personal Attribute\Tattoo
Sandra Cisneros: Female
Sandra Cisneros: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer
Sandra Cisneros: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Poet
Portrait

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm43d557d42-d803-4e07-b04f-72b6f405ce92

Record ID

npg_NPG.2019.105

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