Chicago

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Aaron Siskind

Title

Chicago

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1953–1954

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, in boarder, right of image, sideways, in red pencil: "SPOT"; recto, in boarder, below image, along bottom edge, in red pencil and black ink: "[red pencil] K - [black ink] CHICAGO 1953 or 4 Aaron Siskind [red pencil] 8 5/8" [arrow pointing left]"; recto, on mount, upper right, in graphite: "85.9 [encircled] / 12 ok"; recto, on mount, left center, sideways, in pink ink: "to comp"; recto, on mount, lower left, sideways, in pink ink: "K"; recto, on mount, lower center, in pink ink: "8 5/8"; verso unchecked

Dimensions

Image: 34.7 × 25.8 cm (13 11/16 × 10 3/16 in.); Paper: 35.5 × 28.1 cm (14 × 11 1/8 in.); Mount: 40.5 × 33 cm (16 × 13 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Richard L. Menschel

Reference Number

1977.659

Copyright

© Aaron Siskind Foundation.

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