Peru 54 | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: P2003.111
People: Aaron Siskind, American (New York, N.Y., USA 1903 - 1991 Providence, R.I., USA)
Title: Peru 54
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: photograph
Date: 1977
Places: Creation Place: South America, Peru
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/181161

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 25.1 x 25.3 cm (9 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
sheet: 35.5 x 27.7 cm (14 x 10 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: recto, below b.r. corner of image, in black ink: Aaron Siskind
inscription: recto, lower left, black ink, in artist's hand: Peru 54 1977
inscription: recto, lower right, black ink, in artist's hand: Aaron Siskind
inscription: verso, lower center, graphite, in artist's hand: P54 3/77
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Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Carl Chiarenza and Heidi Katz, Rochester, New York, from the artist, loan to the Harvard University Art Museums.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Carl Chiarenza and Heidi Katz in memory of Charles and Mary Chiarenza
Accession Year: 2003
Object Number: P2003.111
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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