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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1999.62
People
Aaron Siskind, American (New York, N.Y., USA 1903 - 1991 Providence, R.I., USA)
Title
Gloucester
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1944
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts, Gloucester
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/189108

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 34 x 27 cm (13 3/8 x 10 5/8 in.)
sheet: 35.2 x 27.8 cm (13 7/8 x 10 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • (not assigned): verso, BR corner, graphite, unknown hand: Gloucester or Chicago?
    mid-late 40s

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Carl Chiarenza and Heidi Katz, Rochester, New York, from the artist, gift to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1999.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Carl Chiarenza and Heidi Katz
Copyright
© Estate of Aaron Siskind
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
P1999.62
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 08 Rotation 3), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/20/2008 - 02/08/2009
  • HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 09 Rotation 3), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/13/2009 - 01/17/2010
  • HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 10 Rotation 3), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/12/2010 - 01/15/2011

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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