Raspado and Botanico Truck. Whittier Blvd, East Los Angeles, California

Artist Jim Dow (American, born 1942)

Date2013; printed 2021

MediumInkjet print

DimensionsImage: 8 × 10 1/8 inches (20.32 × 25.72 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/2 × 11 inches (21.59 × 27.94 cm)

Credit LineGift of Jim and Jacquie Dow

Object number2021.41.10

SignedSigned on sheet verso, bottom, in black pen.

InscribedOn sheet verso, bottom, in black pen: "RASPADO AND BOTANICO TRUCK. WHITTIER BLVD, EAST LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 2013 [illeg.] 11/21"

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DescriptionImage of a food truck parked along the side of a road. The truck is painted yellow and is covered in images and test. An awning is raised over a steel surface with the menu items listed above.Gallery Label

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Dow began to photograph Latino food trucks in 2004. He made several photographs in Los Angeles, noticing that a rich, culturally diverse mix of imagery often decorated the vehicles. This truck, known as “El Machín,” specializes in selling bionicos (fruit bowls with sweetened condensed milk) and raspados (shaved ice drinks) and features pictures of both the Virgin of Guadalupe and L.A. Lakers basketball star Kobe Bryant.

Provenance

Jim Dow, Boston, MA, 2021;
Given by Jim Dow to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2021.

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