Hydrant: In the Air

Hiram Maristany, Hydrant: In the Air, 1963, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2016.30.3, © 1963, Hiram Maristany
Hiram Maristany, Hydrant: In the Air, 1963, gelatin silver print, image: 13 × 17 58 in. (33.0 × 44.8 cm) sheet: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2016.30.3, © 1963, Hiram Maristany

Artwork Details

Title
Hydrant: In the Air
Date
1963
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 13 × 17 58 in. (33.0 × 44.8 cm) sheet: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Copyright
© 1963, Hiram Maristany
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center
Mediums Description
gelatin silver print
Classifications
Subjects
  • Cityscape — street
  • Architecture — vehicle — automobile
  • Children
  • Recreation — sport and play
  • Architecture Exterior — commercial — store
Object Number
2016.30.3

Works by this artist (2 items)

Tadashi Sato, Embedded Rock, 1965, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Daniel K. Inouye Institute, in honor of the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, 2021.43.2
Embedded Rock
Date1965
oil on canvas
On view
Tadashi Sato, Untitled, 1967, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Daniel K. Inouye Institute, in honor of the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, 2021.43.1
Untitled
Date1967
oil on canvas
Not on view

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      Hiram Maristany’s street photographs of New York City's El Barrio in the 1960s and early 1970s are an ode to his beloved neighborhood.

      Exhibitions

      Photograph of children playing in the water from a fire hydrant by Hiram Maristany
      Down These Mean Streets: Community and Place in Urban Photography
      May 11, 2017August 5, 2017
      America’s urban streets have long inspired documentary photographers. After World War II, populations shifted from the city to the suburbs and newly built highways cut through thriving neighborhoods, leaving isolated pockets within major urban centers.