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)

San Luis Potosi 16, 1961

Aaron Siskind

San Luis Potosi 16, 1961

Sale Date: November 13, 1994

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Woomsocket no.5, 1972

Aaron Siskind

Woomsocket no.5, 1972

Sale Date: November 13, 1994

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New York 2, 1951

Aaron Siskind

New York 2, 1951

Sale Date: October 5, 1994

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Chicago, 1952

Aaron Siskind

Chicago, 1952

Sale Date: October 5, 1994

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From Harlem Document, 1934

Aaron Siskind

From Harlem Document, 1934

Sale Date: September 9, 1994

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HOBOKEN, 1948

Aaron Siskind

HOBOKEN, 1948

Sale Date: April 23, 1994

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SELECTED IMAGES: PERFORMER CLUB OF..., 1940–1959

Aaron Siskind

SELECTED IMAGES: PERFORMER CLUB OF..., 1940–1959

Sale Date: April 23, 1994

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SELECTED IMAGES: SEAWEED, 1940–1959

Aaron Siskind

SELECTED IMAGES: SEAWEED, 1940–1959

Sale Date: April 23, 1994

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ROME 20, 1973

Aaron Siskind

ROME 20, 1973

Sale Date: April 22, 1994

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GLOUCESTER 1H, 1944

Aaron Siskind

GLOUCESTER 1H, 1944

Sale Date: April 22, 1994

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CHICAGO 17, 1960

Aaron Siskind

CHICAGO 17, 1960

Sale Date: April 22, 1994

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Watermelon Man, Harlem, 1940

Aaron Siskind

Watermelon Man, Harlem, 1940

Sale Date: December 7, 1993

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Gloucester 53 A, 1945

Aaron Siskind

Gloucester 53 A, 1945

Sale Date: December 7, 1993

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BOY'S HEAD, HARLEM, 1932

Aaron Siskind

BOY'S HEAD, HARLEM, 1932

Sale Date: November 21, 1993

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WATERMELON MAN, HARLEM, 1940

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WATERMELON MAN, HARLEM, 1940

Sale Date: November 21, 1993

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NORTH CAROLINA 9, 1951

Aaron Siskind

NORTH CAROLINA 9, 1951

Sale Date: November 21, 1993

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ROME: ARCH OF CONSTANTINE 2, 1967

Aaron Siskind

ROME: ARCH OF CONSTANTINE 2, 1967

Sale Date: November 21, 1993

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LIMA 109, 1979

Aaron Siskind

LIMA 109, 1979

Sale Date: November 21, 1993

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MEXICO 71, 1982

Aaron Siskind

MEXICO 71, 1982

Sale Date: November 21, 1993

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CHICAGO 1952, 1952

Aaron Siskind

CHICAGO 1952, 1952

Sale Date: October 9, 1993

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NUDE, 1932–1935

Aaron Siskind

NUDE, 1932–1935

Sale Date: October 8, 1993

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CHICAGO 14, 1960–1970

Aaron Siskind

CHICAGO 14, 1960–1970

Sale Date: October 8, 1993

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HARLEM DOCUMENT: CLOTHES DRYING IN THE..., 1935–1940

Aaron Siskind

HARLEM DOCUMENT: CLOTHES DRYING IN THE..., 1935–1940

Sale Date: October 7, 1993

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SELECTED IMAGES: PERU 237 [&] LOUISE 66, 1974–1977

Aaron Siskind

SELECTED IMAGES: PERU 237 [&] LOUISE 66, 1974–1977

Sale Date: October 7, 1993

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