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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P2000.133
People
Aaron Siskind, American (New York, N.Y., USA 1903 - 1991 Providence, R.I., USA)
Title
Merida 36
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1974
Places
Creation Place: North America, Mexico, Merida
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/189261

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 22.7 x 26.7 cm (8 15/16 x 10 1/2 in.)
sheet: 35.5 x 28 cm (14 x 11 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: recto, below b.r. corner of image, in black ink: Aaron Siskind
  • inscription: recto, lower left, black ink, in artist's hand: Merida 36 1974
  • inscription: recto, lower right, black ink, in artist's hand: Aaron Siskind
  • inscription: verso, upper right, graphite: P 18 [circled]
  • inscription: verso, lower center, graphite, in artist's hand: M 36 [underlined] 1/74
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: [printer's marks]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Carl Chiarenza and Heidi Katz, Rochester, New York, from the artist, loan to the Harvard University Art Museums.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Carl Chiarenza and Heidi Katz
Copyright
© Estate of Aaron Siskind
Accession Year
2000
Object Number
P2000.133
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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