Aaron Siskind

(American, 1903–1991)

Aaron Siskind was an American photographer best known for his black-and-white, close range, and aerial photos of surfaces and objects. With the transformative properties of monochromes and their lack of scale or context, Siskind’s photos can seem both sculptural and vast or diminutive and painterly. Their ambiguity has caused spectators to “muse (sometimes in print) in front of a Siskind photograph like analysands in front of ink blots,” wrote art critic Thomas B. Hess. Born on December 4, 1903 in New York, NY, Siskind didn’t begin photographing until he received a camera as a wedding gift and soon after joined the New York Photo League. His work follows in the lineage of Bauhaus photographer László Moholy-Nagy and American photographer Harry Callahan, inspired by their formal and technical approaches to the medium. His works—which range in subject matter from volcanic lava to graffitied walls—are in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, and the Smithsonian Museum of American Art in Washington, D.C., among others. Siskind died on February 8, 1991 in Providence, RI.

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Gloucester, 1944, 1944

Aaron Siskind

Gloucester, 1944, 1944

Sale Date: May 20, 2021

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New York 9, 1982

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New York 9, 1982

Sale Date: May 20, 2021

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Chicago, 1948

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Chicago, 1948

Sale Date: April 12, 2021

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Martha's Vineyard 112, 1954

Aaron Siskind

Martha's Vineyard 112, 1954

Sale Date: April 12, 2021

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Gloucester 16, 1944

Aaron Siskind

Gloucester 16, 1944

Sale Date: April 12, 2021

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Aaron Siskind

"Kentucky #4, 1951

Sale Date: March 21, 2021

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Untitled Abstraction, 1948

Aaron Siskind

Untitled Abstraction, 1948

Sale Date: April 7, 2021

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Selected Images from Harlem Document, 1935

Aaron Siskind

Selected Images from Harlem Document, 1935

Sale Date: April 8, 2021

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Westport 10, 1988

Aaron Siskind

Westport 10, 1988

Sale Date: April 8, 2021

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Martha's Vineyard ) /7, 1974

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Martha's Vineyard ) /7, 1974

Sale Date: April 16, 2021

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Façade, John Borden House, Chicago, 1950–1959

Aaron Siskind

Façade, John Borden House, Chicago, 1950–1959

Sale Date: March 10, 2021

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A suite of 10 abstract expressionist..., 1980

Aaron Siskind

A suite of 10 abstract expressionist..., 1980

Sale Date: March 11, 2021

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Harlem Night Club, from Harlem Document, 1937

Aaron Siskind

Harlem Night Club, from Harlem Document, 1937

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Street Market, Harlem, 1980

Aaron Siskind

Street Market, Harlem, 1980

Sale Date: March 11, 2021

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Aaron Siskind

"Kentucky #4, 1951

Sale Date: February 21, 2021

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Aaron Siskind

"Manzanillo, Mexico, 1955

Sale Date: February 21, 2021

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Aaron Siskind

"Kentucky #7, 1951

Sale Date: February 21, 2021

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Harlem (mother and child)., 1935

Aaron Siskind

Harlem (mother and child)., 1935

Sale Date: February 4, 2021

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Harlem (boys with paper bags)., 1935

Aaron Siskind

Harlem (boys with paper bags)., 1935

Sale Date: February 4, 2021

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Martha's Vineyard 112a, 1954

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Martha's Vineyard 112a, 1954

Sale Date: February 13, 2021

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F102 (Feet), 1957

Aaron Siskind

F102 (Feet), 1957

Sale Date: February 24, 2021

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«Martha’s Vineyard 21», 1953

Aaron Siskind

«Martha’s Vineyard 21», 1953

Sale Date: February 9, 2021

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Chicago 206, 1953

Aaron Siskind

Chicago 206, 1953

Sale Date: June 29, 2020

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Tehuacan I, 1955

Aaron Siskind

Tehuacan I, 1955

Sale Date: June 29, 2020

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