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New York 6

Artist Aaron Siskind (American, 1903 - 1991)
Date1951; printed later
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 21 15/16 × 17 1/2 inches (55.7 × 44.45 cm)
Sheet: 23 7/8 × 19 15/16 inches (60.63 × 50.62 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Aaron Siskind Foundation
Object number2020.12.11
SignedSigned on sheet verso, top, in pencil: "Aaron Siskind"
InscribedOn sheet verso, top, in pencil: "New York 6 1951".
MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "ASF 19.253"
On View
Not on view
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DescriptionAbstract image composed of fragments of light colored paper peeling from a roughly textured dark substrate. A circular void is visible in the paper fragment near the center of the image.Provenance
Aaron Siskind;
Transferred to the Aaron Siskind Foundation, New York, NY ca. 1991;
Given by the Aaron Siskind Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2020.
Copyright© Aaron Siskind Foundation
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