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)

Durango, Mexico, 1961

Aaron Siskind

Durango, Mexico, 1961

Sale Date: March 13, 2007

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Chicago, 1960

Aaron Siskind

Chicago, 1960

Sale Date: March 13, 2007

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Chicago, 1952

Aaron Siskind

Chicago, 1952

Sale Date: February 14, 2007

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Louise 30, 1974

Aaron Siskind

Louise 30, 1974

Sale Date: February 14, 2007

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Jerome, Arizona 21 (from The 75th..., 1949

Aaron Siskind

Jerome, Arizona 21 (from The 75th..., 1949

Sale Date: February 14, 2007

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Gloucester, 1944

Aaron Siskind

Gloucester, 1944

Sale Date: February 14, 2007

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Arequipa 79, 1979

Aaron Siskind

Arequipa 79, 1979

Sale Date: February 15, 2007

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Chicago facade 7, 1960

Aaron Siskind

Chicago facade 7, 1960

Sale Date: February 15, 2007

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Providence 44 (+ Providence 78; 2 works), 1986

Aaron Siskind

Providence 44 (+ Providence 78; 2 works), 1986

Sale Date: December 7, 2006

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N. C. 30, 1951

Aaron Siskind

N. C. 30, 1951

Sale Date: November 30, 2006

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M.V., 1974

Aaron Siskind

Sale Date: November 14, 2006

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Terrors and pleasures of levitation, 1961

Aaron Siskind

Terrors and pleasures of levitation, 1961

Sale Date: November 14, 2006

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Gloucester IH, 1944

Aaron Siskind

Gloucester IH, 1944

Sale Date: October 25, 2006

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Untitled (3 works from Pleasures and Terrors , 1956

Aaron Siskind

Untitled (3 works from Pleasures and Terrors , 1956

Sale Date: October 19, 2006

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Homage to Franz Kline, Lima (S.I.) 19, 1975

Aaron Siskind

Homage to Franz Kline, Lima (S.I.) 19, 1975

Sale Date: October 19, 2006

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Jalapa 15 (Homage to F.K.), 1974

Aaron Siskind

Jalapa 15 (Homage to F.K.), 1974

Sale Date: October 19, 2006

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Martha's Vineyard III, 1954

Aaron Siskind

Martha's Vineyard III, 1954

Sale Date: October 19, 2006

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Coatzacoalcos 9, 1973

Aaron Siskind

Coatzacoalcos 9, 1973

Sale Date: October 19, 2006

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Pleasures and terrors of levitation 447, 1954

Aaron Siskind

Pleasures and terrors of levitation 447, 1954

Sale Date: October 17, 2006

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Statue, 1967

Aaron Siskind

Sale Date: September 8, 2006

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Martha's Vineyard, 1954

Aaron Siskind

Martha's Vineyard, 1954

Sale Date: September 8, 2006

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New York 317, 1978

Aaron Siskind

New York 317, 1978

Sale Date: September 8, 2006

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Chicago 22, 1949

Aaron Siskind

Chicago 22, 1949

Sale Date: September 8, 2006

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New York, 1969, 1974

Aaron Siskind

New York, 1969, 1974

Sale Date: July 11, 2006

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