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)

Pleasures and terrors of levitation no.481, 1954

Aaron Siskind

Pleasures and terrors of levitation no.481, 1954

Sale Date: October 4, 2011

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Pleasures and terrors of levitation no.85, 1965

Aaron Siskind

Pleasures and terrors of levitation no.85, 1965

Sale Date: October 4, 2011

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Chicago (Lithuanian shoemaker), 1953

Aaron Siskind

Chicago (Lithuanian shoemaker), 1953

Sale Date: October 4, 2011

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75th anniversary portfolio (portfolio..., 1936–1976

Aaron Siskind

75th anniversary portfolio (portfolio..., 1936–1976

Sale Date: October 5, 2011

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Chicago 219, 1954

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Chicago 219, 1954

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Chicago 23, 1954

Aaron Siskind

Chicago 23, 1954

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Walker warehouse, 1953

Aaron Siskind

Walker warehouse, 1953

Sale Date: September 25, 2011

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Mexico 71, 1982

Aaron Siskind

Mexico 71, 1982

Sale Date: September 11, 2011

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New York 202, 1978

Aaron Siskind

New York 202, 1978

Sale Date: September 18, 2011

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Peru 237, 1977

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Peru 237, 1977

Sale Date: August 11, 2011

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Rome: Arch of Constantine 4, 1967

Aaron Siskind

Rome: Arch of Constantine 4, 1967

Sale Date: September 9, 2011

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Galena 6, 1957

Aaron Siskind

Galena 6, 1957

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Bronx 1, 1950

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Bronx 1, 1950

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Maine 1, 1949

Aaron Siskind

Maine 1, 1949

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Untitled

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Untitled (Apollo Theatre) (from The Harlem..., 1937

Aaron Siskind

Untitled (Apollo Theatre) (from The Harlem..., 1937

Sale Date: June 18, 2011

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Pleasure and terrors of levitation no. 67, 1956

Aaron Siskind

Pleasure and terrors of levitation no. 67, 1956

Sale Date: June 12, 2011

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Chicago 206, 1953

Aaron Siskind

Chicago 206, 1953

Sale Date: May 27, 2011

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Kirkland 21, 1949

Aaron Siskind

Kirkland 21, 1949

Sale Date: May 27, 2011

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Lima (Homage to Franz Kline) 89, 1975

Aaron Siskind

Lima (Homage to Franz Kline) 89, 1975

Sale Date: May 19, 2011

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Gloucester 28, 1944

Aaron Siskind

Gloucester 28, 1944

Sale Date: May 19, 2011

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New York 2, 1952

Aaron Siskind

New York 2, 1952

Sale Date: May 19, 2011

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Puruchucco (Peru) 16, 1981

Aaron Siskind

Puruchucco (Peru) 16, 1981

Sale Date: May 20, 2011

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Vera Cruz 96, 1973

Aaron Siskind

Vera Cruz 96, 1973

Sale Date: May 20, 2011

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