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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Gloucester 28, 1944

Aaron Siskind

Gloucester 28, 1944

Sale Date: June 6, 2018

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Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation, 1958

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Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation, 1958

Sale Date: June 5, 2018

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Jalapa 35 (Homage to F.K.), 1973

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Jalapa 35 (Homage to F.K.), 1973

Sale Date: June 5, 2018

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Peace Meals, 1937

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Peace Meals, 1937

Sale Date: June 28, 2018

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Chilmark 28, 1972

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Chilmark 28, 1972

Sale Date: June 28, 2018

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Boy's Head, Harlem, 1932

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Boy's Head, Harlem, 1932

Sale Date: June 28, 2018

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Harlem. Street Market [from the Harlem..., 1937

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Harlem. Street Market [from the Harlem..., 1937

Sale Date: June 14, 2018

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[Nude Dancer], Harlem [from the Harlem..., 1936

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[Nude Dancer], Harlem [from the Harlem..., 1936

Sale Date: June 14, 2018

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[Watermelon Man], from the Harlem Series, 1940

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[Watermelon Man], from the Harlem Series, 1940

Sale Date: June 14, 2018

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Walker Warehouse (two works from the Louis..., 1952

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Walker Warehouse (two works from the Louis..., 1952

Sale Date: June 7, 2018

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Walker Warehouse (two works from the Louis..., 1952

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Walker Warehouse (two works from the Louis..., 1952

Sale Date: June 7, 2018

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Walker Warehouse (one work from the Louis H. , 1952

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Walker Warehouse (one work from the Louis H. , 1952

Sale Date: June 7, 2018

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Martha's Vineyard 4, 1952

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Martha's Vineyard 4, 1952

Sale Date: June 7, 2018

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Manzanillo, Mexico, 1955

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Manzanillo, Mexico, 1955

Sale Date: June 7, 2018

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„Volcano 114“, 1980

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„Volcano 114“, 1980

Sale Date: May 30, 2018

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„Jalapa 24 (Homage to F.K.)“, 1973

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„Jalapa 24 (Homage to F.K.)“, 1973

Sale Date: May 30, 2018

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„Chicago“, 1960

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„Chicago“, 1960

Sale Date: May 30, 2018

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Street Market, Harlem, 1937

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Street Market, Harlem, 1937

Sale Date: May 23, 2018

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Jerome, Arizona, 21, 1949

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Jerome, Arizona, 21, 1949

Sale Date: April 6, 2018

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Perù 237, 1977

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Perù 237, 1977

Sale Date: April 17, 2018

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Harlem

Aaron Siskind

Sale Date: March 28, 2018

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Walker Warehouse, 1953

Aaron Siskind

Walker Warehouse, 1953

Sale Date: February 28, 2018

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Martha's Vineyard #7, 1974

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Martha's Vineyard #7, 1974

Sale Date: March 9, 2018

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Peru 46, 1981

Aaron Siskind

Peru 46, 1981

Sale Date: January 21, 2018

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