Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation #67

1956

Aaron Siskind

Associated Names
Aaron Siskind

Artist, American, 1903 - 1991

The image shows a person jumping in mid-air from a dynamic perspective. The person is in a side-on jumping position, with one arm bent and the other extended slightly back. Their face is not visible, and they are wearing dark pants rolled up at the ankles, a strappy top or suspenders, and appear to be barefoot. The background is plain and bright white.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Fern M. Schad

  • Dimensions

    image: 25.1 × 25.1 cm (9 7/8 × 9 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 35.3 × 27.6 cm (13 7/8 × 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.206.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Fern Schad, New York; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, upper center in graphite: P. + T. of L. 67 1956 / Aaron Siskind; by artist, lower center in graphite: 67 – ’56 / 5; by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: RwfA1165

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