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California 19

Artist Aaron Siskind (American, 1903 - 1991)
Date1975; printed later
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 11/16 × 9 3/4 inches (24.61 × 24.77 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 11 inches (35.38 × 27.94 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Aaron Siskind Foundation
Object number2020.12.2
SignedSigned on sheet recto, lower right, in black pen: "Aaron Siskind"
InscribedOn sheet recto, lower left, in black pen: "California 19 1975"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "Cal. / SF [crossed out] 19 75 / B4"; On sheet verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "ASF 16428".
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DescriptionImage of a landscape with dark areas of soil divided by a lightly colored patch of grass which extends horizontally across the frame and narrows as it nears the right edge.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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