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Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
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Exhibitions & Events
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Celebrating American art and artists
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Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

New York I

1951, printed 1975

Aaron Siskind

Associated Names

Aaron Siskind

Artist, American, 1903 - 1991

The image shows a series of rectangular and square blocks forming a dark, perforated pattern against a starkly contrasting lighter background. Silhouettes resembling elongated structures are visible along the upper edge. The dark surface is punctuated by regularly spaced spots.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Patrons' Permanent Fund
Dimensions

image: 35.56 × 46.83 cm (14 × 18 7/16 in.)
sheet: 40.5 × 50.5 cm (15 15/16 × 19 7/8 in.)
Accession Number

2001.67.190

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Smith, Joshua P.

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower left in black ink: New York 1 1951; by artist, lower right in black ink: Aaron Siskind

Wikidata ID

Q64032386

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