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)

Tabernacle City, 1935

Aaron Siskind

Tabernacle City, 1935

Sale Date: December 5, 2007

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Untitled, 1948

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Untitled, 1948

Sale Date: December 11, 2007

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Untitled, 1948

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Untitled, 1948

Sale Date: December 11, 2007

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Ohne Titel, pls 474, 58, 59, 67,94, 99, , 1953–1961

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Ohne Titel, pls 474, 58, 59, 67,94, 99, , 1953–1961

Sale Date: November 29, 2007

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Jalapa 6 - Homage to F.K. (+ Rome 113 -..., 1973

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Jalapa 6 - Homage to F.K. (+ Rome 113 -..., 1973

Sale Date: November 7, 2007

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N. Carolina 30, 1951

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N. Carolina 30, 1951

Sale Date: November 12, 2007

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Providence B16, 1983

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Providence B16, 1983

Sale Date: October 15, 2007

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Chicago 42, 1952

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Chicago 42, 1952

Sale Date: October 15, 2007

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Chicago 69, 1960

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Chicago 69, 1960

Sale Date: October 15, 2007

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Chicago 25, 1957

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Chicago 25, 1957

Sale Date: October 18, 2007

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Lima 58, homage to F.K., 1975

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Lima 58, homage to F.K., 1975

Sale Date: October 18, 2007

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Hoboken, 1947

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Hoboken, 1947

Sale Date: October 18, 2007

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Untitled, from pleasures (+ Terrors of..., 1953–1954

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Untitled, from pleasures (+ Terrors of..., 1953–1954

Sale Date: October 18, 2007

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Pleasures and terrors of levitation 37, 1954

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Pleasures and terrors of levitation 37, 1954

Sale Date: October 16, 2007

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Chicago (i and teardrop shape), 1952

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Chicago (i and teardrop shape), 1952

Sale Date: October 16, 2007

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Kentucky 13, 1951

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Kentucky 13, 1951

Sale Date: October 16, 2007

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Harlan, Kentucky 4 (Letter composition), 1951

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Harlan, Kentucky 4 (Letter composition), 1951

Sale Date: October 16, 2007

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Kentucky 15 (Paint on blistered paint), 1951

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Kentucky 15 (Paint on blistered paint), 1951

Sale Date: October 16, 2007

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Gloucester 3 (Cracked paint with cross shape), 1949

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Gloucester 3 (Cracked paint with cross shape), 1949

Sale Date: October 16, 2007

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Ironwork, New York City (two vertical bars), 1947

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Ironwork, New York City (two vertical bars), 1947

Sale Date: October 16, 2007

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Ironwork, New York City (single vertical bar), 1947

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Ironwork, New York City (single vertical bar), 1947

Sale Date: October 16, 2007

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Gloucester 1h (Glove), 1943

Aaron Siskind

Gloucester 1h (Glove), 1943

Sale Date: October 16, 2007

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New York (Black square and concentric circles), 1950

Aaron Siskind

New York (Black square and concentric circles), 1950

Sale Date: October 16, 2007

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Chicago 59 (Storefront), 1952

Aaron Siskind

Chicago 59 (Storefront), 1952

Sale Date: October 16, 2007

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