Chicago 34 | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: P1999.65
People: Aaron Siskind, American (New York, N.Y., USA 1903 - 1991 Providence, R.I., USA)
Title: Chicago 34
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: photograph
Date: 1949
Places: Creation Place: North America, United States, Illinois, Chicago
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/190682

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 34.3 x 24.4 cm (13 1/2 x 9 5/8 in.)
sheet: 35.5 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: verso: Aaron Siskind
(not assigned): verso: Chicago 34 1949
Aaron Siskind
(not assigned): verso: Ch 34 149
8 [encircled]
12/56

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: P1999.65
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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