A black and white photograph of an architectural detail.
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

The black and white photograph shows two sides of a black metal railing finial. The top of the final slopes down and out to protruding arches over a flat surface with a rosette in the center. There are metal cutouts along the edge of the flat surface. The flat center juts out over a plate that extends down to a short, rounded overhang at the bottom of the image. A small portion of a thin flat rail is seen on the right. On the lower left a portion of a grill is visible.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1978.46
People
Aaron Siskind, American (New York, N.Y., USA 1903 - 1991 Providence, R.I., USA)
Title
New York
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
c. 1947
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, New York
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/284670

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 33.1 x 21.9 cm (13 1/16 x 8 5/8 in.)
sheet: 35.2 x 24.5 cm (13 7/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: verso, graphite: Aaron Siskind
  • inscription: signature, title, date, and "(V)" in graphite on verso

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
P1978.46
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1300 Early Modernism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/13/2016 - 10/05/2016

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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