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A black and white photograph of amorphous black forms over a white background.

The black and white photographs shows amorphous, mottled black shapes over a white background. Visible through the black forms are parts of letters in three rows. The edges of the black forms are lighter and have raised areas of white.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1972.216
People
Aaron Siskind, American (New York, N.Y., USA 1903 - 1991 Providence, R.I., USA)
Title
New York 7
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1951
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, New York
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/302274

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
actual: 49.2 x 38.8 cm (19 3/8 x 15 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Light Gallery, New York, New York, sold to the Fogg Art Museum, 1972.

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
P1972.216
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Caroline A. Jones, Modern Art at Harvard: The Formation of the Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Collections of the Harvard University Art Museums (New York, NY and Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press, 1985). With an essay by John Coolidge and a preface by John M. Rosenfield. To accompany the inaugural exhibition at the Sackler Museum, Oct 21 1985 - Jan 5 1986, 132
  • James Cuno, Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Ivan Gaskell, and William W. Robinson, Harvard's Art Museums: 100 Years of Collecting, ed. James Cuno, Harvard University Art Museums and Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (Cambridge, MA, 1996), 305
  • Masterpieces of world art : Fogg Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1997

Exhibition History

  • Modern Art at Harvard, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/21/1985 - 01/05/1986
  • Aaron Siskind: Toward a Personal Vision 1935-1955, The Art Gallery, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, 09/30/1994 - 12/11/1994
  • Chasing Shadows, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/21/1995 - 04/02/1995
  • HAA 1 Survey Course: Survey of World Art: Reproduction/Production, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/29/2005 - 04/10/2005
  • 32Q: 1110 Mid-Century Abstraction II (Post-Painterly Abstraction), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 04/23/2015

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus
  • Collection Highlights

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