ClassificationsWorks of Art on Paper
Artist
Aaron Siskind
(American, 1903 - 1991)
Kitchen Scene, Harlem
Date1937
MediumGelatin silver print
Credit LineGift of Michael Shapiro, Emory University '77, in memory of Irvin Shapiro
Dimensions1' 8" x 16" (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Object number1998.004.002
Label TextSiskind began serious photography in the early 1930s in New York as a member of the Photo League. This particular photograph was part of a League project known as the "Harlem Document," an undertaking that stemmed from the group's commitment to using photography to record social conditions. Siskind's challenge in these years was to find a balance between the aesthetic and the truthful. After 1940, formal and symbolic concerns were to become more important in his work than this documentary approach.Exhibition HistoryAaron Siskind Photographs, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 12 - December 12, 1999
ProvenanceWith Michael Shapiro [Shapiro Gallery], San Francisco, California, purchased April 1992.
Status
Not on viewCollections
- Works of Art on Paper
1076-944 BCE
Danny Lyon
1962, printed later
