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Grandma's giftGrandma's gift

Grandma's gift

Eric Velasquez

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The author describes Christmas at his grandmother's apartment in Spanish Harlem the year she introduced him to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Diego Velazquez's portrait of Juan de Pareja, which has had a profound and lasting effect on him.

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OL Work ID
OL16113016W

Subjects

GiftsPuerto RicansArtistsAfrican AmericansChristmasGrandmothersFictionChildhood and youthJuvenile fictionHispanic American illustratorsChristmas storiesMetropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)Children's fictionGrandparents, fictionChristmas, fictionGifts, fictionArtists, fictionPuerto ricans, fiction

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