Terracotta 13 | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: P1999.72
People: Aaron Siskind, American (New York, N.Y., USA 1903 - 1991 Providence, R.I., USA)
Title: Terracotta 13
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: photograph
Date: 1960
Places: Creation Place: North America, United States, Illinois
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/190309

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 34.5 x 26.7 cm (13 9/16 x 10 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: verso, upper edge, in graphite: Aaron Siskind
(not assigned): verso, upper edge (matching proper orientation of image), graphite, in artist's hand: [arrow toward top edge]
Terracotta (Ill.) 13 1960
Aaron Siskind
(not assigned): verso, R edge below center, graphite, possibly in artist's hand: repr'd upside down
in C.C. P + T + in
GEH cat.
[arrow pointing to inverted inscription]
(not assigned): verso, B edge, inverted relative to proper orientation of print, graphite, in artist's hand: Ter 13 - '60
K[?] 4

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
Accession Year: 1999
Object Number: P1999.72
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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