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Gloucester (Glove)

1944

Aaron Siskind

Associated Names

Aaron Siskind

Artist, American, 1903 - 1991

A worn glove is placed on wooden planks which dominate the image. The image is in black and white with various shades of gray, black, and white tones. The glove is in the lower right quadrant, resting diagonally across the wooden planks. Small scattered objects and knots in the wood add texture to the scene.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Gift of Norman S. and Carolyn K. Carr, in Honor of the 25th Anniversary of Photography at the National Gallery of Art
Dimensions

image: 20.7 × 18.9 cm (8 1/8 × 7 7/16 in.)
mount: 33 × 26.7 cm (13 × 10 1/2 in.)
Accession Number

2014.157.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Norman S. and Carolyn K. Carr, Washington, DC; gift to the NGA, 2014.

Associated Names

Norman and Carolyn Carr

Exhibition History

2015

Celebrating Photography at the National Gallery of Art: Recent Gifts, Washington, DC, November 1, 2015–February 28, 2016

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right in graphite; lower left in graphite: Gloucester 1944

Wikidata ID

Q64032419

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