Facades, Harlem
Artist
Aaron Siskind
(American, 1903 - 1991)
Date1938; printed ca. 1975
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 11/16 × 12 1/16 inches (22.07 × 30.64 cm)
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 14 inches (27.62 × 35.56 cm)
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 14 inches (27.62 × 35.56 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.2149
SignedSigned on sheet recto, lower right, in black pen: "Aaron Siskind"
InscribedOn sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "Harlem 1938 Facades"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "18.31", "HD".
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DescriptionBuilding facade with various business signs which include a barber shop, beauty school, and photo studio. A pair of stained glass windows are on the second floor above the barber shop.Exhibition HistoryCityscapes: 20th Century Urban Images from the Hallmark Photographic Collection. First Street Forum, St. Louis, MO, April 13 - May 20, 1984, no cat.
Aaron Siskind: Master of Black & White. J.B. Speed Art Museum, December 4, 1987-February 7, 1988, no cat.
Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1973; [1]
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
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