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Portrait of Aaron Siskind

A work made of gelatin silver contact print.

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  • A work made of gelatin silver contact print.

Date:

1951, printed 1970s

Artist:

Harry Callahan
American, 1912–1999

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Harry Callahan

Title

Portrait of Aaron Siskind

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1951

Medium

Gelatin silver contact print

Inscriptions

Signed recto, lower right, below image, in graphite: "Harry Callahan"; unmarked verso

Dimensions

Image: 24.4 × 19.5 cm (9 5/8 × 7 11/16 in.); Paper: 25.1 × 20.3 cm (9 15/16 × 8 in.)

Credit Line

Arthur Siegel Memorial Fund

Reference Number

1978.223

Extended information about this artwork

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