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.

Aaron Siskind Artworks

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Seaweed 15, 1953

Aaron Siskind

Seaweed 15, 1953

Sale Date: May 4, 2019

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Harlem scene, 1935

Aaron Siskind

Harlem scene, 1935

Sale Date: April 14, 2019

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Set of 50 signed photographs of many of , 1938–1980

Aaron Siskind

Set of 50 signed photographs of many of , 1938–1980

Sale Date: April 18, 2019

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Lima 80 (Homage to F.K.), 1975

Aaron Siskind

Lima 80 (Homage to F.K.), 1975

Sale Date: April 18, 2019

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MCB (HARLEM), 1940

Aaron Siskind

MCB (HARLEM), 1940

Sale Date: April 11, 2019

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NORTH CAROLINA 4, 1951

Aaron Siskind

NORTH CAROLINA 4, 1951

Sale Date: April 5, 2019

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NEW YORK, WEST STREET 14, 1949

Aaron Siskind

NEW YORK, WEST STREET 14, 1949

Sale Date: April 5, 2019

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'AARON SISKIND: 75TH ANNIVERSARY PORTFOLIO, 1936

Aaron Siskind

'AARON SISKIND: 75TH ANNIVERSARY PORTFOLIO, 1936

Sale Date: April 5, 2019

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SELECTED IMAGES FROM PLEASURES &..., 1953–1961

Aaron Siskind

SELECTED IMAGES FROM PLEASURES &..., 1953–1961

Sale Date: April 5, 2019

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Two Views of the Wainright Building, St. Louis,...

Aaron Siskind

Two Views of the Wainright Building, St. Louis,...

Sale Date: April 6, 2019

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Purdue State Bank, State & Vine Streets,..., 1952

Aaron Siskind

Purdue State Bank, State & Vine Streets,..., 1952

Sale Date: April 6, 2019

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Two Views of People's Savings Bank, Cedar...

Aaron Siskind

Two Views of People's Savings Bank, Cedar...

Sale Date: April 6, 2019

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Four Views of St. Paul's Methodist Church, Cedar

Aaron Siskind

Four Views of St. Paul's Methodist Church, Cedar

Sale Date: April 6, 2019

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A Group of Four Views of Louis Sullivan...

Aaron Siskind

A Group of Four Views of Louis Sullivan...

Sale Date: April 6, 2019

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A Group of Five Architectural Images (five works)

Aaron Siskind

A Group of Five Architectural Images (five works)

Sale Date: April 6, 2019

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Seaweed, 1950

Aaron Siskind

Seaweed, 1950

Sale Date: April 2, 2019

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Jerome, Arizona (peeled paint), 1949

Aaron Siskind

Jerome, Arizona (peeled paint), 1949

Sale Date: February 21, 2019

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TERRACOTTA, 1960

Aaron Siskind

TERRACOTTA, 1960

Sale Date: February 23, 2019

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TERRACOTTA 10, 1960

Aaron Siskind

TERRACOTTA 10, 1960

Sale Date: February 23, 2019

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Peru 229

Aaron Siskind

Sale Date: October 27, 2018

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Lima 89, 1975

Aaron Siskind

Lima 89, 1975

Sale Date: February 7, 2019

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Walker Warehouse, 1953

Aaron Siskind

Walker Warehouse, 1953

Sale Date: February 7, 2019

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San Luis Potosi 16, 1961

Aaron Siskind

San Luis Potosi 16, 1961

Sale Date: February 7, 2019

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Rome 39, 1963, 1963

Aaron Siskind

Rome 39, 1963, 1963

Sale Date: January 29, 2019

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