Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation #51

1957

Aaron Siskind

Associated Names
Aaron Siskind

Artist, American, 1903 - 1991

The image shows a person curled into a fetal position. The individual is leaning forward, with knees pulled to the chest and arms wrapped around the legs. The head is bowed, making facial features indistinct. The person has short, dark hair and is not wearing any identifiable clothing. The background is a plain, light color with no additional elements.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Fern M. Schad

  • Dimensions

    image: 32.5 × 26.1 cm (12 13/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 35.3 × 27.6 cm (13 7/8 × 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.206.5

  • Series Title

    Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation

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. 51 1957 / Aaron Siskind; by artist, center left in graphite: D51 - 57 / B5; by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: ASI-01113-SP

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