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 5⁄8 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
Artist
Date
1963
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 13 × 17 5⁄8 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
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2016.30.2

Works by this artist (4 items)

Lorser Feitelson, Untitled, from the series, "Magical Space Forms", 1969, acrylic on linen, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Lorser Feitelson and Helen Lundeberg Feitelson Arts Foundation, 1991.36.1
Untitled, from the series, ​“Magical Space Forms”
Artist
Date1969
acrylic on linen
Not on view
Lorser Feitelson, Seated Figure, 1919, oil on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Lorser Feitelson and Helen Lundeberg Feitelson Arts Foundation, 1991.36.2
Seated Figure
Artist
Date1919
oil on paperboard
Not on view
Lorser Feitelson, Genesis #2, 1934, oil on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1985.33
Genesis #2
Artist
Date1934
oil on fiberboard
Not on view
Image Not Available
Post-Surreal Configuration: Biological Symphony
Artist
Date1939/printed 1972
lithograph on paper
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, 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.