Aaron Siskind, Street Market, Gelatin silver print, 1937, printed later
Artist/Maker:
Aaron Siskind
Bio:
American, 1903-1991
Title:
Street Market
Portfolio/Series:
Harlem Document, 1936-40
Date:
1937, printed later
Medium:
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm) Image: 8 1/2 × 12 in. (21.6 × 30.5 cm)
Credit Line:
Purchase: Lillian Gordon Bequest
Accession Number:
2000-59
Copyright:
© Aaron Siskind Foundation, Courtesy Bruce Silverstein Gallery

Not On View

Siskind’s overhead view of the street market below the El at 145th Street is similar to that in Harold Corsini’s Playing Football. Siskind, who was somewhat older than his colleagues, was inclined by the late 1930s to give equal merit to both social narrative and aesthetics.

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