Yucatan 1

Artist Aaron Siskind (American, 1903 - 1991)

Date1955

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 13 9/16 × 16 5/16 inches (34.44 × 41.43 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Aaron Siskind Foundation

Object number2020.12.17

SignedSigned on sheet verso, center, in pencil: "Aaron Siskind V [circled]"

InscribedOn sheet verso, top, in pencil: "Yuchitan [sic] / Y1 '55 / M4".

MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper left corner, in pencil: "7"; On sheet verso, upper right corner, in pencil: "C"; On sheet verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "ASI2013074" / "EHG#3b", "$5000".

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DescriptionAbstract image composed of a painted surface which is darkest along the perimeter. There is a lighter section near the center with darkly painted forms that resemble a capital H with an overlapping capital G.Provenance

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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.

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