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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1999.81
People
Aaron Siskind, American (New York, N.Y., USA 1903 - 1991 Providence, R.I., USA)
Title
Vera Cruz 99
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1973
Places
Creation Place: North America, Mexico
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/189668

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 24.3 x 24.3 cm (9 9/16 x 9 9/16 in.)
sheet: 35.6 x 28.1 cm (14 x 11 1/16 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: Vera Cruz 99 1973
  • inscription: recto, lower right, black ink, in artist's hand: Aaron Siskind
  • inscription: verso, graphite, in artist's hand: VC 99 1/73 3

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
P1999.81
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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