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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Rome 40, 1973

Aaron Siskind

Rome 40, 1973

Sale Date: May 14, 2013

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Rome: Arch Of Constantine 4, 1967

Aaron Siskind

Rome: Arch Of Constantine 4, 1967

Sale Date: May 14, 2013

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Aaron Siskind: 75th Anniversary Portfolio,..., 1979

Aaron Siskind

Aaron Siskind: 75th Anniversary Portfolio,..., 1979

Sale Date: May 7, 2013

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Rope and glove, 1940–1949

Aaron Siskind

Rope and glove, 1940–1949

Sale Date: April 18, 2013

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Chicago 23, 1957

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Chicago 23, 1957

Sale Date: April 18, 2013

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Chicago #7, 1956

Aaron Siskind

Chicago #7, 1956

Sale Date: April 8, 2013

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New York 220, 1978

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New York 220, 1978

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Chicago Facade, 1960

Aaron Siskind

Chicago Facade, 1960

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New York 231, 1978

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New York 231, 1978

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New York 245, 1978

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New York 245, 1978

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S.F. 3, 1975

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S.F. 10, 1975

Aaron Siskind

S.F. 10, 1975

Sale Date: April 8, 2013

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New York 339, 1978

Aaron Siskind

New York 339, 1978

Sale Date: April 8, 2013

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Pleasures and terrors of levitation 484, 1954

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Pleasures and terrors of levitation 484, 1954

Sale Date: April 6, 2013

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New York, 1950

Aaron Siskind

New York, 1950

Sale Date: April 6, 2013

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75th Anniversary Portfolio (portfolio..., 1936–1976

Aaron Siskind

75th Anniversary Portfolio (portfolio..., 1936–1976

Sale Date: April 6, 2013

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M.V. 1954

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Sale Date: March 30, 2013

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Selected Images from Artists Sessions at..., 1950

Aaron Siskind

Selected Images from Artists Sessions at..., 1950

Sale Date: April 3, 2013

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Rome 112 (Homage to Franz Klein), 1973

Aaron Siskind

Rome 112 (Homage to Franz Klein), 1973

Sale Date: March 23, 2013

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Chicago 5, 1971

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Chicago 5, 1971

Sale Date: February 26, 2013

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St. Louis 9, 1953

Aaron Siskind

St. Louis 9, 1953

Sale Date: February 26, 2013

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Abstraction, 1948

Aaron Siskind

Abstraction, 1948

Sale Date: February 26, 2013

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Street scene 4, Harlem, 1937

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Street scene 4, Harlem, 1937

Sale Date: February 16, 2013

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Utah 84, 1976

Aaron Siskind

Utah 84, 1976

Sale Date: February 1, 2013

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