Hydrant: Hand

Hiram Maristany, Hydrant: Hand, 1963, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2016.30.2, © 1963, Hiram Maristany
Hiram Maristany, Hydrant: Hand, 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, 2016.30.2, © 1963, Hiram Maristany

Artwork Details

Title
Hydrant: Hand
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
  • Figure group
  • Cityscape
  • Figure — fragment — hand
  • Architecture Exterior
Object Number
2016.30.2

Works by this artist (14 items)

Eliphalet Fraser Andrews, Margin of a Moat, n.d., oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Given in memory of Eliphalet Fraser Andrews, 1916.6.42
Margin of a Moat
Daten.d.
oil on canvas
Not on view
Eliphalet Fraser Andrews, Edge of a Stream, n.d., oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Given in memory of Eliphalet Fraser Andrews, 1916.6.43
Edge of a Stream
Daten.d.
oil on canvas
Not on view
Eliphalet Fraser Andrews, Trees beside a Stream, n.d., oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Given in memory of Eliphalet Fraser Andrews, 1916.6.47
Trees beside a Stream
Daten.d.
oil on canvas
Not on view
Eliphalet Fraser Andrews, Woman Seated in a Garden, n.d., Oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Given in memory of Eliphalet Fraser Andrews, 1916.6.46
Woman Seated in a Garden
Daten.d.
Oil on canvas
Not on view

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.

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The Runaway Match
Date1877
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Figure in Sunlight (Artist’s Wife)
Dateca. 1890-1900
oil on canvas
On view
Unidentified (Italian), Saint, 19th century, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Laura Dreyfus Barney and Natalie Clifford Barney in memory of their mother, Alice Pike Barney, 1952.13.157
Saint
Artist
Unidentified (Italian)
Date19th century
oil on canvas
Not on view