Gloucester
Artist
Aaron Siskind
(American, 1903 - 1991)
Date1944
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 9/16 × 7 3/16 inches (24.29 × 18.26 cm)
Mount: 18 × 14 inches (45.72 × 35.56 cm)
Mount: 18 × 14 inches (45.72 × 35.56 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4363
SignedSigned on mount verso, center, in pencil: "[signature] / 1 of 1"
InscribedTitled and dated on mount verso, center, in pencil: "Gloucester 1944"
MarkingsOn mount recto, in pencil: "top";
On mount verso, center, in pencil: "Minicam / 2-1/2 wide";
Stamp on mount verso, upper left corner, in gray ink: "SAVAGE MAT MOUNTS";
On mount verso, upper right corner, in pencil: "67" [circled];
On mount verso, bottom, in pencil: "PF16346", "19-30-97", "83.0046".
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DescriptionImage of door with vertical ridges and black "10" painted on the upper right. Harsh diagonal shadows appear along the left edge.Exhibition HistoryRotation 25. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 19, 2018- March 17, 2019, no cat.
The sharp, spare geometry of this image turns an everyday subject into a visual puzzle. Aaron Siskind made this photograph while spending time in the fishing village of Gloucester, Massachusetts. This period marked a shift in Siskind’s work, away from social documentation and toward abstraction.
Greenberg Gallery, New York, NY;
Purchased from Howard Greenberg Gallery by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1997;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Purchased from Howard Greenberg Gallery by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1997;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
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