Night View

Hiram Maristany, Night View, 1961, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2016.30.1, © 1961, Hiram Maristany
Hiram Maristany, Night View, 1961, gelatin silver print, image: 18 34 × 14 78 in. (47.6 × 37.8 cm) sheet: 20 × 15 78 in. (50.8 × 40.3 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2016.30.1, © 1961, Hiram Maristany

Artwork Details

Title
Night View
Date
1961
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 18 34 × 14 78 in. (47.6 × 37.8 cm) sheet: 20 × 15 78 in. (50.8 × 40.3 cm)
Copyright
© 1961, 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 — time — night
  • Cityscape — street
Object Number
2016.30.1

Works by this artist (1036 items)

William H. Johnson, Young Pastry Cook, ca. 1928-1930, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.693
Young Pastry Cook
Dateca. 1928-1930
oil on canvas
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William H. Johnson, Portrait of a Man, ca. 1935-1938, oil on burlap, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.814
Portrait of a Man
Dateca. 1935-1938
oil on burlap
On view
William H. Johnson, Breakdown with Flat Tire, ca. 1940-1941, oil on plywood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.587
Breakdown with Flat Tire
Dateca. 1940-1941
oil on plywood
On view
William H. Johnson, For India and China, ca. 1944-1945, oil on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.662
For India and China
Dateca. 1944-1945
oil on paperboard
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.

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