On Sibley Boulevard, Dolton’s main commercial strip, newsstands that once offered job and housing information sit empty, replaced with “For Rent” signs. Deindustrialization throughout the south suburbs decades ago eliminated thousands of private-sector jobs.

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2021.34
People: Sebastián Hidalgo, American (born 1995)
Title: On Sibley Boulevard, Dolton’s main commercial strip, newsstands that once offered job and housing information sit empty, replaced with “For Rent” signs. Deindustrialization throughout the south suburbs decades ago eliminated thousands of private-sector jobs.
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: From an American Suburb
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: photograph
Date: 2018
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/371704

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Archival pigment print
Technique: Pigment print
Dimensions: 40.6 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Sebastián Hidalgo, sold; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2021.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Fund for the Acquisition of Photographs
Copyright: © Sebastián Hidalgo
Accession Year: 2021
Object Number: 2021.34
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Devour the Land: War and American Landscape Photography since 1970, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/17/2021 - 01/16/2022

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