Children at Play

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Hiram Maristany, Children at Play, 1965, printed 2016, gelatin silver print, image: 14 ⁷⁄₈ × 15 in. (37.8 × 38.1 cm) sheet: 19 ⁷⁄₈ × 16 in. (50.5 × 40.6 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2016.30.7, © 1965, Hiram Maristany

Artwork Details

Title: Children at Play
Artist: Hiram Maristany
Date: 1965, printed 2016
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: image: 14 ⁷⁄₈ × 15 in. (37.8 × 38.1 cm) sheet: 19 ⁷⁄₈ × 16 in. (50.5 × 40.6 cm)
Copyright: © 1965, Hiram Maristany
Credit Line: Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center
Mediums Description: gelatin silver print
Classifications: Photography
Subjects: Recreation — sport and play — hopscotch
Children
Cityscape — street
Object Number: 2016.30.7
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2016.30.7

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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, 2017–August 5, 2017

Smithsonian American Art Museum

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.