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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1978.27
People
Aaron Siskind, American (New York, N.Y., USA 1903 - 1991 Providence, R.I., USA)
Title
Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation 59
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1956
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/284652

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 25 x 24 cm (9 13/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
sheet: 35.5 x 28 cm (14 x 11 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: recto, center of lower edge in black ink: Aaron Siskind
  • inscription: "D59-'56 B5" in graphite on verso; signature, title, and date in ink on recto

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Richard L. Menschel
Copyright
© Estate of Aaron Siskind
Accession Year
1978
Object Number
P1978.27
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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