Chicago
c. 1950
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 34 × 23.3 cm (13 3/8 × 9 3/16 in.) sheet: 35.56 × 25.4 cm (14 × 10 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of George and Alexandra Stephanopoulos
Accession Number
2002.151.1
About the Artist
Aaron Siskind
Aaron Siskind (1903–1991), born in New York City to Russian Jewish immigrant parents as the fifth of six children, initially pursued literature and poetry before discovering photography. After graduating from City College of New York with a Bachelor of Social Science in Literature in 1926, he taught English in New York public schools for over two decades. A camera received as a wedding gift in 192...