Add to Collection

Add this item to an existing or new collection.
Harvard Art Museums
Incorrect Username, Email, or Password
A black and white photograph of straight and curved lines against a black background.

The black and white photograph shows a series of dark gray lines against a black ground. Two vertical lines start at the top and travel the length of the picture plane. A horizontal line joins the vertical lines in the top quarter of the image. The line on the right side is thick and flat with a small oval opening near the bottom of the image. In the center of the two vertical lines a thinner line rises up from the bottom right, angles across to vertical line on the left then curves in and around. A short black horizontal line on the left side joins the vertical line on the left to form a t-shape.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1978.20
People
Aaron Siskind, American (New York, N.Y., USA 1903 - 1991 Providence, R.I., USA)
Title
New York
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1947
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, New York
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/284515

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 24 x 18.8 cm (9 7/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
sheet: 25.3 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Richard L. Menschel
Copyright
© Estate of Aaron Siskind
Accession Year
1978
Object Number
P1978.20
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Exhibition History

  • Aaron Siskind: Toward a Personal Vision 1935-1955, The Art Gallery, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, 09/30/1994 - 12/11/1994
  • 32Q: 1110 Mid-Century Abstraction II (Post-Painterly Abstraction), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 04/23/2015

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu