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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P2000.112
People
Aaron Siskind, American (New York, N.Y., USA 1903 - 1991 Providence, R.I., USA)
Title
Martha's Vineyard (Menemsha)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
c. 1937-1940, printed later
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts, Martha's Vineyard
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/190907

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 17.5 x 17.3 cm (6 7/8 x 6 13/16 in.)
sheet: 25.2 x 20.4 cm (9 15/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, lower left to lower right, graphite (thought to be by Carl Chiarenza): M's V (Menemsha) ca. 1940 [crossed out] 1937 Siskind Plate 47 in CC P + T

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
P2000.112
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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