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Call Number:

PH-01416

Collection Name:

Aaron Siskind Photography Collection

Creator:

Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)

No. of Items:

38 photographs

Span Dates:

1944-1988

Description:

The collection consists of thirty-eight photographs by Aaron Siskind (American, 1903-1991). Item-level information follows.

964:3486:0001 -- Chicago 45, 1960. Gelatin silver print, 24 x 18.9 cm (image); 25.3 x 20.2 cm (sheet);
964:3486:0002 -- Chicago 5, 1960. Gelatin silver print, 18.9 x 24.3 cm (image); 20.3 x 25.2 (sheet);
2017:0004:0001 -- Bill Lipkind 27 , 1960. Gelatin silver print, 11.8 x 11.5 cm (image); 17.2 x 11.5 cm (sheet); 45.6 x 35.5 cm (mat);
2019:0028:0001 -- Iron Work (New York) 13, 1947. Gelatin silver print, 22.7 x 19.2 cm (image); 25.1 x 20.3 cm (sheet);
2019:0028:0002 -- Chicago Scrapyard 2, 1948. Gelatin silver print, 18.2 x 24.1 cm (image); 20.2 x 25.2 cm (sheet);
2019:0028:0003 -- Cusco Walls 4, 1975, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 16.8 x 16.6 cm (image); 25.2 x 20.3 cm (sheet);
2019:0028:0004 -- Cusco Walls 66, 1975, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 17.6 x 18.1 cm (image); 25.2 x 20.3 cm (sheet);
2019:0028:0005 -- Gloucester 16, 1944, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 32.2 x 24.7 cm (image); 35.2 x 27.8 cm (sheet);
2019:0028:0006 -- New York Windows 1, 1947, printed 1981Gelatin silver print, 32.8 x 25.4 cm (image); 35.2 x 27.9 cm (sheet);
2019:0028:0007 -- Chicago Auto Graveyard 1, 1948. Gelatin silver print, 34 x 41.8 cm;
2019:0028:0008 -- Chicago 14, 1952. Gelatin silver print, 34.3 x 41.6 cm (image); 35.4 x 42.8 cm (sheet);
2019:0028:0009 -- Tehuantepec 1, 1955, printed 1981. Gelatin silver print, 24 x 31.2 cm (image); 27.7 x 35.5 cm (sheet);
2019:0028:0010 -- Feet 139, 1957, printed 1990. Gelatin silver print, 29.8 x 24.7 cm (image); 35.3 x 27.7 cm (sheet);
2019:0028:0011 -- Durango 6, 1961, printed 1967. Gelatin silver print, 23.1 x 32.3 cm (image); 27.8 x 35.3 cm (sheet);
2019:0028:0012 -- Alice Beck 7, 1966. Gelatin silver print, 25.8 x 33.5 cm (image); 27.8 x 35.3 cm (sheet);
2019:0028:0013 -- Rome 51, 1967. Gelatin silver print, 34 x 26.8 cm (image); 35.3 x 27.8 cm (sheet);
2019:0028:0014 -- Rome 63, 1967. Gelatin silver print, 25.3 x 32.3 cm (image); 27.5 x 35.3 cm (sheet);
2019:0028:0015 -- Olmec, Jalapa 2, 1973, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 25.4 x 24.7 cm (image); 35.2 x 27.8 cm (sheet);
2019:0028:0016 -- Veracruz 240, 1973, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 24.1 x 24.1 cm (image); 35.4 x 28 cm (sheet);
2019:0028:0017 -- Utah 63, 1975, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 25.6 x 24.8 cm (image); 35.4 x 27.7 cm (sheet);
2019:0028:0018 -- Peru 465, 1977, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 25.8 x 25.3 cm (image); 35.5 x 27.7 cm (sheet);
2019:0028:0019 -- Rome 155, 1977, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 25.2 x 24.8 cm (image); 35.4 x 27.6 cm (sheet);
2019:0028:0020 -- New York 288, 1978, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 23.2 x 23 cm (image); 35.3 x 28 cm (sheet);
2019:0028:0021 -- New York 360, 1978, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 23.7 x 23.4 cm (image); 35.2 x 28 cm (sheet);
2019:0028:0022 -- Virgin Gorda 45, 1978, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 21 x 24.7 cm (image); 35.3 x 27.6 cm (sheet);
2019:0028:0023 -- Seville 19, 1980, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 26.2 x 25.7 cm (image); 35.3 x 27.9 cm (sheet);
2019:0028:0024 -- Volcano 106, 1980, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 26.6 x 25.4 cm (image); 35.3 x 27.8 cm (sheet);
2019:0028:0025 -- Morocco 302, 1982, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 22.2 x 23 cm (image); 35.3 x 27.9 cm (sheet);
2019:0028:0026 -- Bahia 27, 1984, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 24.4 x 24.8 cm (image); 35.2 x 27.8 cm (sheet);
2019:0028:0027 -- Sicily 189, 1984, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 23.3 x 24 cm (image); 35.3 x 27.6 cm (sheet);
2019:0028:0028 -- Westport 22, 1988, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 25.6 x 24.9 cm (image); 35.4 x 27.6 cm (sheet);
2019:0028:0029 -- Maine 1, 1949, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 33.1 x 46.7 cm (image); 40.5 x 50.5 cm (sheet);
2019:0028:0030 -- Uruapan 11, 1955, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 37.1 x 47.2 cm (image); 40.5 x 50.4 cm (sheet);
2019:0028:0031 -- Rome: Arch of Constantine 4, 1963. Gelatin silver print, 49.5 x 37.1 cm (image); 50.8 x 40.3 cm (sheet);
2019:0028:0032 -- Boston (Homage to Franz Kline) 21, 1974, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 35.1 x 44.2 cm (image); 40.3 x 50.6 cm (sheet);
2019:0028:0033 -- Lima (Homage to Franz Kline) 101, 1975, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 35.3 x 35.5 cm (image); 50.5 x 40.5 cm (sheet);
2019:0028:0034 -- Arequipa 31, 1979, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 36.9 x 36.5 cm (image); 50.4 x 40.5 cm (sheet);
2019:0028:0035 -- Recife 117, 1986, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 36.9 x 36.2 cm (image); 50.5 x 40.5 cm (sheet).

Also housed with this collection is a photograph by Siskind from the Edward Dahlberg Literary File Photography Collection (PH-02655). Item-level information for it follows.
985:0009:0002 -- Rome Hieroglyph (Homage to Edward Dahlberg), 1963. Gelatin silver print, 26.5 x 34.2 cm (image); 27.6 x 35.5 cm (sheet).

Accession No(s):

964:3486:0001-0002; 2017:0004:0001; 2019:0028:0001-0035

Location(s):

S Box, Medium (2017:0004:0001)
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Item(s):

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	Bill Lipkind 27
Date	1960
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 11.8 x 11.5 cm; 4 3/5 x 4 1/2 in; mat: 45.6 x 35.5 cm; 18 x 14 in; sheet: 17.2 x 11.5 cm; 6 4/5 x 4 1/2 in
Credit line	Purchased with funds provided by the David Douglas Duncan Endowment for Photojournalism
Accession Number	2017:0004:0001

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	Iron Work (New York) 13
Date	1947
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 22.7 x 19.2 cm; 8 9/10 x 7 3/5 in; sheet: 25.1 x 20.3 cm; 9 9/10 x 8 in
Credit line	Gift of Adam and Susan Finn
Accession Number	2019:0028:0001

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	Chicago Scrapyard 2
Date	1948
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 18.2 x 24.1 cm; 7 1/5 x 9 1/2 in; sheet: 20.2 x 25.2 cm; 8 x 9 9/10 in
Credit line	Gift of Adam and Susan Finn
Accession Number	2019:0028:0002

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	Cusco Walls 4
Date	1975, printed later
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 16.8 x 16.6 cm; 6 3/5 x 6 1/2 in; sheet: 25.2 x 20.3 cm; 9 9/10 x 8 in
Credit line	Gift of Adam and Susan Finn
Accession Number	2019:0028:0003

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	Cusco Walls 66
Date	1975, printed later
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 17.6 x 18.1 cm; 6 9/10 x 7 1/10 in; sheet: 25.2 x 20.3 cm; 9 9/10 x 8 in
Credit line	Gift of Adam and Susan Finn
Accession Number	2019:0028:0004

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	Gloucester 16
Date	1944, printed later
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 32.2 x 24.7 cm; 12 7/10 x 9 7/10 in; sheet: 35.2 x 27.8 cm; 13 9/10 x 10 9/10 in
Credit line	Gift of Adam and Susan Finn
Accession Number	2019:0028:0005

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	New York Windows 1
Date	1947, printed 1981
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 32.8 x 25.4 cm; 12 9/10 x 10 in; sheet: 35.2 x 27.9 cm; 13 9/10 x 11 in
Credit line	Gift of Adam and Susan Finn
Accession Number	2019:0028:0006

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	Chicago Auto Graveyard 1
Date	1948
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	34 x 41.8 cm; 13 2/5 x 16 1/2 in
Credit line	Gift of Adam and Susan Finn
Accession Number	2019:0028:0007

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	Chicago 14
Date	1952
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 34.3 x 41.6 cm; 13 1/2 x 16 2/5 in; sheet: 35.4 x 42.8 cm; 13 9/10 x 16 9/10 in
Credit line	Gift of Adam and Susan Finn
Accession Number	2019:0028:0008

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	Tehuantepec 1
Date	1955, printed 1981
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 24 x 31.2 cm; 9 2/5 x 12 3/10 in; sheet: 27.7 x 35.5 cm; 10 9/10 x 14 in
Credit line	Gift of Adam and Susan Finn
Accession Number	2019:0028:0009

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	Feet 139
Date	1957, printed 1990
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 29.8 x 24.7 cm; 11 7/10 x 9 7/10 in; sheet: 35.3 x 27.7 cm; 13 9/10 x 10 9/10 in
Credit line	Gift of Adam and Susan Finn
Accession Number	2019:0028:0010

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	Durango 6
Date	1961, printed 1967
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 23.1 x 32.3 cm; 9 1/10 x 12 7/10 in; sheet: 27.8 x 35.3 cm; 10 9/10 x 13 9/10 in
Credit line	Gift of Adam and Susan Finn
Accession Number	2019:0028:0011

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	Alice Beck 7
Date	1966
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 25.8 x 33.5 cm; 10 1/5 x 13 1/5 in; sheet: 27.8 x 35.3 cm; 10 9/10 x 13 9/10 in
Credit line	Gift of Adam and Susan Finn
Accession Number	2019:0028:0012

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	Rome 51
Date	1967
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 34 x 26.8 cm; 13 2/5 x 10 3/5 in; sheet: 35.3 x 27.8 cm; 13 9/10 x 10 9/10 in
Credit line	Gift of Adam and Susan Finn
Accession Number	2019:0028:0013

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	Rome 63
Date	1967
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 25.3 x 32.3 cm; 10 x 12 7/10 in; sheet: 27.5 x 35.3 cm; 10 4/5 x 13 9/10 in
Credit line	Gift of Adam and Susan Finn
Accession Number	2019:0028:0014

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	Olmec, Jalapa 2
Date	1973, printed later
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 25.4 x 24.7 cm; 10 x 9 7/10 in; sheet: 35.2 x 27.8 cm; 13 9/10 x 10 9/10 in
Credit line	Gift of Adam and Susan Finn
Accession Number	2019:0028:0015

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	Veracruz 240
Date	1973, printed later
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 24.1 x 24.1 cm; 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 in; sheet: 35.4 x 28 cm; 13 9/10 x 11 in
Credit line	Gift of Adam and Susan Finn
Accession Number	2019:0028:0016

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	Utah 63
Date	1975, printed later
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 25.6 x 24.8 cm; 10 1/10 x 9 4/5 in; sheet: 35.4 x 27.7 cm; 13 9/10 x 10 9/10 in
Credit line	Gift of Adam and Susan Finn
Accession Number	2019:0028:0017

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	Peru 465
Date	1977, printed later
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 25.8 x 25.3 cm; 10 1/5 x 10 in; sheet: 35.5 x 27.7 cm; 14 x 10 9/10 in
Credit line	Gift of Adam and Susan Finn
Accession Number	2019:0028:0018

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	Rome 155
Date	1977, printed later
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 25.2 x 24.8 cm; 9 9/10 x 9 4/5 in; sheet: 35.4 x 27.6 cm; 13 9/10 x 10 9/10 in
Credit line	Gift of Adam and Susan Finn
Accession Number	2019:0028:0019

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	New York 288
Date	1978, printed later
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 23.2 x 23 cm; 9 1/10 x 9 1/10 in; sheet: 35.3 x 28 cm; 13 9/10 x 11 in
Credit line	Gift of Adam and Susan Finn
Accession Number	2019:0028:0020

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	New York 360
Date	1978, printed later
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 23.7 x 23.4 cm; 9 3/10 x 9 1/5 in; sheet: 35.2 x 28 cm; 13 9/10 x 11 in
Credit line	Gift of Adam and Susan Finn
Accession Number	2019:0028:0021

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	Virgin Gorda 45
Date	1978, printed later
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 21 x 24.7 cm; 8 3/10 x 9 7/10 in; sheet: 35.3 x 27.6 cm; 13 9/10 x 10 9/10 in
Credit line	Gift of Adam and Susan Finn
Accession Number	2019:0028:0022

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	Seville 19
Date	1980, printed later
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 26.2 x 25.7 cm; 10 3/10 x 10 1/10 in; sheet: 35.3 x 27.9 cm; 13 9/10 x 11 in
Credit line	Gift of Adam and Susan Finn
Accession Number	2019:0028:0023

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	Volcano 106
Date	1980, printed later
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 26.6 x 25.4 cm; 10 1/2 x 10 in; sheet: 35.3 x 27.8 cm; 13 9/10 x 10 9/10 in
Credit line	Gift of Adam and Susan Finn
Accession Number	2019:0028:0024

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	Morocco 302
Date	1982, printed later
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 22.2 x 23 cm; 8 7/10 x 9 1/10 in; sheet: 35.3 x 27.9 cm; 13 9/10 x 11 in
Credit line	Gift of Adam and Susan Finn
Accession Number	2019:0028:0025

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	Bahia 27
Date	1984, printed later
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 24.4 x 24.8 cm; 9 3/5 x 9 4/5 in; sheet: 35.2 x 27.8 cm; 13 9/10 x 10 9/10 in
Credit line	Gift of Adam and Susan Finn
Accession Number	2019:0028:0026

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	Sicily 189
Date	1984, printed later
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 23.3 x 24 cm; 9 1/5 x 9 2/5 in; sheet: 35.3 x 27.6 cm; 13 9/10 x 10 9/10 in
Credit line	Gift of Adam and Susan Finn
Accession Number	2019:0028:0027

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	Westport 22
Date	1988, printed later
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 25.6 x 24.9 cm; 10 1/10 x 9 4/5 in; sheet: 35.4 x 27.6 cm; 13 9/10 x 10 9/10 in
Credit line	Gift of Adam and Susan Finn
Accession Number	2019:0028:0028

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	Maine 1
Date	1949, printed later
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 33.1 x 46.7 cm; 13 x 18 2/5 in; sheet: 40.5 x 50.5 cm; 15 9/10 x 19 9/10 in
Credit line	Gift of Adam and Susan Finn
Accession Number	2019:0028:0029

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	Uruapan 11
Date	1955, printed later
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 37.1 x 47.2 cm; 14 3/5 x 18 3/5 in; sheet: 40.5 x 50.4 cm; 15 9/10 x 19 4/5 in
Credit line	Gift of Adam and Susan Finn
Accession Number	2019:0028:0030

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	Rome: Arch of Constantine 4
Date	1963
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 49.5 x 37.1 cm; 19 1/2 x 14 3/5 in; sheet: 50.8 x 40.3 cm; 20 x 15 9/10 in
Credit line	Gift of Adam and Susan Finn
Accession Number	2019:0028:0031

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	Boston (Homage to Franz Kline) 21
Date	1974, printed later
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 35.1 x 44.2 cm; 13 4/5 x 17 2/5 in; sheet: 40.3 x 50.6 cm; 15 9/10 x 19 9/10 in
Credit line	Gift of Adam and Susan Finn
Accession Number	2019:0028:0032

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	Lima (Homage to Franz Kline) 101
Date	1975, printed later
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 35.3 x 35.5 cm; 13 9/10 x 14 in; sheet: 50.5 x 40.5 cm; 19 9/10 x 15 9/10 in
Credit line	Gift of Adam and Susan Finn
Accession Number	2019:0028:0033

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	Arequipa 31
Date	1979, printed later
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 36.9 x 36.5 cm; 14 1/2 x 14 2/5 in; sheet: 50.4 x 40.5 cm; 19 4/5 x 15 9/10 in
Credit line	Gift of Adam and Susan Finn
Accession Number	2019:0028:0034

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	Recife 117
Date	1986, printed later
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 36.9 x 36.2 cm; 14 1/2 x 14 3/10 in; sheet: 50.5 x 40.5 cm; 19 9/10 x 15 9/10 in
Credit line	Gift of Adam and Susan Finn
Accession Number	2019:0028:0035

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	[Chicago 45]
Date	1960
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 24 x 18.9 cm; 9 2/5 x 7 2/5 in; sheet: 25.3 x 20.2 cm; 10 x 8 in
Accession Number	964:3486:0001

Artist/Maker	Siskind, Aaron (1903 - 1991)
Title	[Chicago 5]
Date	1960
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 18.9 x 24.3 cm; 7 2/5 x 9 3/5 in; sheet: 20.3 x 25.2 cm; 8 x 9 9/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:3486:0002

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