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Sophie Rivera

Artist

WA-00069868

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60%

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ45311833

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1 cross-verified · 5 single-source

Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
Birth yearWikidata· 92%
Death yearWikidata· 92%
NationalityWikidata· 92%
Primary mediumWikidata· 92%
BiographyWikipedia· 88%

Source Registry (2)

Whitney
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred85%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/sophie-rivera
Tier 1 · Institutional85%

About

Why this artist matters now

Sophie Rivera was an American artist and photographer of Puerto Rican-American descent. She was also an early member and instructor of En Foco, a not-for-profit organisation centred on contemporary fine art and photographers of diverse cultures. Rivera is best known for her 1978 photography series Nuyorican Portraits. Redefining Puerto Rican identity in the United States, the series included 50 black and white portraits taken in her home of Puerto Ricans in her neighbourhood.

Source: Whitney · Trust score: 85% · Updated 8d ago

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Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artworks (3)

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Black Couple Sitting Side by Side on a NYC Subway Car

1960 · gelatin silver print

Image: 36.8 x 36.8 cm (14 1/2 x 14 1/2 in.); Sheet: 50.6 x 40 cm (19 15/16 x 15 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Double Exposure: Latina Girl with White Cap on Monkey Bars

1960 · gelatin silver print

Image: 36.8 x 36.8 cm (14 1/2 x 14 1/2 in.); Sheet: 50.9 x 40.3 cm (20 1/16 x 15 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Worker on a Bridge Cantilever

1960 · gelatin silver print

Image: 22.2 x 35.2 cm (8 3/4 x 13 7/8 in.); Sheet: 27.6 x 35.6 cm (10 7/8 x 14 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Artwork sources (2)

3 published of 16 catalogued · 0 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
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3 entries · 1 sources

Black Couple Sitting Side by Side on a NYC Subway Car
1960 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Double Exposure: Latina Girl with White Cap on Monkey Bars
1960 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Worker on a Bridge Cantilever
1960 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Whitney Museum of American Art

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Whitney Museum of American Art

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