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

Aaron Siskind (1,918 results)

Celebrating the Babe in all Babies, Xmas

Aaron Siskind

Celebrating the Babe in all Babies, Xmas

Sale Date: February 15, 2018

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Yuchitan I

Aaron Siskind

Sale Date: February 15, 2018

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Jerome, Arizona (peeled paint)

Aaron Siskind

Jerome, Arizona (peeled paint)

Sale Date: February 15, 2018

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Harlem (boys with paper bags)

Aaron Siskind

Harlem (boys with paper bags)

Sale Date: February 15, 2018

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Martha's Vineyard, 1954

Aaron Siskind

Martha's Vineyard, 1954

Sale Date: December 13, 2017

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Chicago 42, 1952

Aaron Siskind

Chicago 42, 1952

Sale Date: December 13, 2017

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Chicago, 1948

Aaron Siskind

Chicago, 1948

Sale Date: December 14, 2017

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Chicago, 1952

Aaron Siskind

Chicago, 1952

Sale Date: December 1, 2017

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John Borden house, 3949 Park Ave.,..., 1950–1959

Aaron Siskind

John Borden house, 3949 Park Ave.,..., 1950–1959

Sale Date: December 1, 2017

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Martha‘s Vineyard, Massachusetts, 1954

Aaron Siskind

Martha‘s Vineyard, Massachusetts, 1954

Sale Date: November 29, 2017

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Rome 23 (Homage to F.K.) * Rome 162 (Homage..., 1973

Aaron Siskind

Rome 23 (Homage to F.K.) * Rome 162 (Homage..., 1973

Sale Date: October 19, 2017

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Harlem (man reflected in a mirror) * Harlem..., 1940

Aaron Siskind

Harlem (man reflected in a mirror) * Harlem..., 1940

Sale Date: October 19, 2017

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HOBOKEN, 1948

Aaron Siskind

HOBOKEN, 1948

Sale Date: October 5, 2017

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NEW YORK, 1946

Aaron Siskind

NEW YORK, 1946

Sale Date: October 5, 2017

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Feet F139, 1958

Aaron Siskind

Feet F139, 1958

Sale Date: October 11, 2017

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New York 329, 1978

Aaron Siskind

New York 329, 1978

Sale Date: October 11, 2017

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Acolman 2, 1955

Aaron Siskind

Acolman 2, 1955

Sale Date: October 11, 2017

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New York 18, 1976

Aaron Siskind

New York 18, 1976

Sale Date: October 11, 2017

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Lima 59 (Homage to F.K.), 1975

Aaron Siskind

Lima 59 (Homage to F.K.), 1975

Sale Date: October 11, 2017

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Chicago 85, 1953

Aaron Siskind

Chicago 85, 1953

Sale Date: October 11, 2017

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New York 78, 1976

Aaron Siskind

New York 78, 1976

Sale Date: October 11, 2017

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5 Platinum Prints Portfolio, 1948–1951

Aaron Siskind

5 Platinum Prints Portfolio, 1948–1951

Sale Date: October 11, 2017

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Backyard, Harlem, 1940

Aaron Siskind

Backyard, Harlem, 1940

Sale Date: October 11, 2017

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Chicago 10, 1948

Aaron Siskind

Chicago 10, 1948

Sale Date: October 10, 2017

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