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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Olive Tree, Corfu 514, 1970

Aaron Siskind

Olive Tree, Corfu 514, 1970

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Untitled (6 works from Homage to Franz Kline), 1982

Aaron Siskind

Untitled (6 works from Homage to Franz Kline), 1982

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#37, #474, #477, #482, #491, #58, #63, #99 and...

Aaron Siskind

#37, #474, #477, #482, #491, #58, #63, #99 and...

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New York, 1950

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New York, 1950

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Bedroom through Doorway, Man in Chair,..., 1939–1940

Aaron Siskind

Bedroom through Doorway, Man in Chair,..., 1939–1940

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Chicago 22, 1949

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Chicago 22, 1949

Sale Date: December 16, 2012

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Olive Tree, Corfu 33, 1970

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Olive Tree, Corfu 33, 1970

Sale Date: December 13, 2012

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Providence 35, 1986

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Providence 35, 1986

Sale Date: December 13, 2012

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Salapa #23, 1973

Aaron Siskind

Salapa #23, 1973

Sale Date: December 11, 2012

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Rome 66, 1967

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Rome 66, 1967

Sale Date: December 11, 2012

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Rome 27; Rome 16 (2 works), 1967

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Rome 27; Rome 16 (2 works), 1967

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Martha's Vineyard 4, 1948

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Martha's Vineyard 4, 1948

Sale Date: December 11, 2012

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Rome 150, 1973

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Rome 150, 1973

Sale Date: December 11, 2012

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Martha's Vineyard (Hand with minnow), 1939

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Martha's Vineyard (Hand with minnow), 1939

Sale Date: December 13, 2012

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Chicago Facade 7, 1960

Aaron Siskind

Chicago Facade 7, 1960

Sale Date: December 7, 2012

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St. Louis 9, 1955

Aaron Siskind

St. Louis 9, 1955

Sale Date: December 7, 2012

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Kentucky, 1951

Aaron Siskind

Kentucky, 1951

Sale Date: December 7, 2012

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Untitled (from the series: Old Iron Work of..., 1946

Aaron Siskind

Untitled (from the series: Old Iron Work of..., 1946

Sale Date: November 29, 2012

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Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation, # 63, 1956

Aaron Siskind

Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation, # 63, 1956

Sale Date: November 29, 2012

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Untitled

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Sale Date: November 28, 2012

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Gloucester 1h, 1944

Aaron Siskind

Gloucester 1h, 1944

Sale Date: November 28, 2012

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Harlem Facades, 1938

Aaron Siskind

Harlem Facades, 1938

Sale Date: November 17, 2012

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Rome 76, 1963

Aaron Siskind

Rome 76, 1963

Sale Date: November 17, 2012

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Rome, Arch of Constantine 10, 1963

Aaron Siskind

Rome, Arch of Constantine 10, 1963

Sale Date: November 17, 2012

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