Harlem Home

1937-1939

Aaron Siskind

Artist, American, 1903 - 1991

Aaron Siskind

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.6 x 19.5 cm (9 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.2 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.67.187

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joshua P. Smith, Washington, DC; NGA purchase, 2001.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

upper center verso: Look Pix stamp with black ink addition: Aaron Siskind / 10.00; upper right verso in graphite: Negroes, Harlem; center left, stamped in black ink: RETURN TO LOOK LIBRARY; center verso, type cut from magazine: HARLEM HOME. Such squalor as that shown above is not isolated, but depressingly typical. A quarter of a million people live in 8,902 dwellings, half of which were built before 1901. Their safety and health are constantly imperiled by rotten plumbing, leaking roofs, sagging floor and stairs, and inadequate fire prevention--to say nothing of ubiquitous rats and other vermin.; center right verso in black grease pencil: Poverty--U.S.; center right verso in blue grease pencil: Negroes-- / housing [crossed out]; lower

Wikidata ID

Q64032384

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