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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P2003.99
People
Aaron Siskind, American (New York, N.Y., USA 1903 - 1991 Providence, R.I., USA)
Title
Olive Tree, Corfu 127
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1970
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Greece, Corfu
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/189111

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 27.7 x 25.4 cm (10 7/8 x 10 in.)
sheet: 35.5 x 28 cm (14 x 11 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: recto, b.r. corner, in black ink: Aaron Siskind
  • inscription: recto, lower left, black ink, in artist's hand: Olive Tree Corfu 127 1970
  • inscription: recto, lower right, black ink, in artist's hand: Aaron Siskind
  • inscription: verso, upper center, graphite, in artist's hand: OTC 127 1970
  • inscription: verso, upper right, graphite: 237
  • inscription: verso, upper right, graphite: P107 [circled]
  • inscription: verso, lower right center, graphite, in artist's hand: OTC 127/70
    [illegible marks] B5
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 28 [circled]
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: [printer's marks]
  • inscription: verso, upper center and left center, graphite, in artist's hand: [burn and dodge marks]

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
Copyright
© Estate of Aaron Siskind
Accession Year
2003
Object Number
P2003.99
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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