☀ Museum from Home: Searching for Summer in American Art ☀

Find an artwork from SAAM’s collection that embodies summer and share it with someone who you’d lend your sunscreen to.

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Hot Dog Bridge

Summer in American Art

Searching for summer?

Across the country, summer looks different to everyone⁠—especially this year⁠. Barbecues, ice cream, long hot summer nights, or running through sprinklers. What says summer to you?

Find an artwork from SAAM’s collection that embodies summer and share it with someone who you’d lend your sunscreen to.

William H. Johnson - Children at Ice Cream Stand

Grab one scoop or two and enjoy William H. Johnson’s Children at Ice Cream Stand.

Hiram Maristany - Hydrant: In the Air

Make a splash with Hiram Maristany’s Hydrant: In the Air.

Clayton Pond's My Grandmother - Fan without Everything Else around It

Cool off with Clayton Pond’s My Grandmother’s Fan without Everything Else around It.

Harry Brodsky - Summer Night

Sit back and relax with Harry Brodsky’s Summer Night.

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Russell T. Gordon, Hot Dog Bridge, 1974, color lithograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. Christopher A. Graf and Janet Graf, 1974.118.12

William H. Johnson, Children at Ice Cream Stand, ca. 1939-1942, tempera and pen and ink with pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.1097R

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

Clayton Pond, My Grandmother's Fan without Everything Else around It, 1968, color screenprint, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1971.382

Harry Brodsky, Summer Night, lithograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1982.25.18

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