St. Joseph's House | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: P1972.63
People: Aaron Siskind, American (New York, N.Y., USA 1903 - 1991 Providence, R.I., USA)
Title: St. Joseph's House
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: photograph
Date: 1939-1940
Places: Creation Place: North America, United States, New York, New York City
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/302273

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 24 x 18.5 cm (9 7/16 x 7 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

(not assigned): Verso of mount, below center, graphite [not artist's hand]: St. Joseph's House
ca. 1937

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Light Gallery, New York, New York, from the artist, sold to the Fogg Art Museum, 1972. see artist's file for related correspondence

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, National Endowment for the Arts Grant
Copyright: © Estate of Aaron Siskind
Accession Year: 1972
Object Number: P1972.63
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Masterpieces of world art : Fogg Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1997

Exhibition History

32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/14/2015 - 04/13/2016

Subjects and Contexts

The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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P1972.63: St. Joseph's House