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)

NEW YORK 38, 1978

Aaron Siskind

NEW YORK 38, 1978

Sale Date: April 30, 1991

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SEAWEED #5, 1949

Aaron Siskind

SEAWEED #5, 1949

Sale Date: April 30, 1991

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GUANAJUATO #10, 1955

Aaron Siskind

GUANAJUATO #10, 1955

Sale Date: April 30, 1991

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LIMA 98, 1974

Aaron Siskind

LIMA 98, 1974

Sale Date: April 30, 1991

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THE PLEASURES AND TERRORS OF LEVITATION., 1954–1956

Aaron Siskind

THE PLEASURES AND TERRORS OF LEVITATION., 1954–1956

Sale Date: April 17, 1991

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SELCETED IMAGES., 1983

Aaron Siskind

SELCETED IMAGES., 1983

Sale Date: April 17, 1991

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SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD.

Aaron Siskind

SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD.

Sale Date: April 17, 1991

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PHOTOGRAVURES (SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD)., 1986–1988

Aaron Siskind

PHOTOGRAVURES (SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD)., 1986–1988

Sale Date: April 17, 1991

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SELECTED IMAGES., 1975

Aaron Siskind

SELECTED IMAGES., 1975

Sale Date: April 17, 1991

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75TH ANNIVERSARY PORTFOLIO (C. 1936-1976), 1979–1979

Aaron Siskind

75TH ANNIVERSARY PORTFOLIO (C. 1936-1976), 1979–1979

Sale Date: April 16, 1991

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KENTUCKY 7 (1951), 1975–1975

Aaron Siskind

KENTUCKY 7 (1951), 1975–1975

Sale Date: April 16, 1991

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KENTUCKY 7, 1975–1975

Aaron Siskind

KENTUCKY 7, 1975–1975

Sale Date: October 18, 1990

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ACOLMAN 4, 1980–1980

Aaron Siskind

ACOLMAN 4, 1980–1980

Sale Date: October 18, 1990

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NEW YORK 7, 1948–1948

Aaron Siskind

NEW YORK 7, 1948–1948

Sale Date: October 18, 1990

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JEROME, ARIZONA, 1949–1949

Aaron Siskind

JEROME, ARIZONA, 1949–1949

Sale Date: October 18, 1990

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Chicago

Aaron Siskind

Sale Date: October 17, 1990

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SELECTED IMAGES

Aaron Siskind

SELECTED IMAGES

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SELECTED IMAGES

Aaron Siskind

SELECTED IMAGES

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Chicago

Aaron Siskind

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SELECTED IMAGES

Aaron Siskind

SELECTED IMAGES

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SELECTED IMAGES

Aaron Siskind

SELECTED IMAGES

Sale Date: October 17, 1990

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THE PLEASURES AND TERRORS OF LEVITATION

Aaron Siskind

THE PLEASURES AND TERRORS OF LEVITATION

Sale Date: October 17, 1990

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Untitled

Aaron Siskind

Sale Date: October 17, 1990

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JEROME ARIZONA

Aaron Siskind

JEROME ARIZONA

Sale Date: October 17, 1990

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