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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1972.40
People
Aaron Siskind, American (New York, N.Y., USA 1903 - 1991 Providence, R.I., USA)
Title
Acolman 5
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1955
Places
Creation Place: North America, Mexico
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/284959

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 23.2 x 33.4 cm (9 1/8 x 13 1/8 in.)
sheet: 27.8 x 35.2 cm (10 15/16 x 13 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: verso, upper edge, in graphite: Aaron Siskind
  • inscription: verso, upper edge, faint graphite, in artist's hand: [up arrow]
    Acolman, Mexico 5 1955
    Aaron Siskind
  • (not assigned): verso, b.l. corner, graphite, likely in artist's hand: A5 - '55
    32

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Phyllis Lambert
Copyright
© Estate of Aaron Siskind
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
P1972.40
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

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