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.

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Chicago 17, 1960

Aaron Siskind

Chicago 17, 1960

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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Chicago 71, 1960

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Chicago 71, 1960

Sale Date: April 30, 2024

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Maine 6, 1949

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Maine 6, 1949

Sale Date: April 30, 2024

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South Street, New York, 1947

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South Street, New York, 1947

Sale Date: April 30, 2024

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Harlem, 1935

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Sale Date: April 23, 2024

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The Tree #36, 1973

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The Tree #36, 1973

Sale Date: April 13, 2024

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New York 78, 1976

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New York 78, 1976

Sale Date: April 5, 2024

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Chicago 16, 1957

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Chicago 16, 1957

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Woonsocket 5, 1972

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Woonsocket 5, 1972

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Lima 12, 1980

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Lima 12, 1980

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Bisbee 26, 1978

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Bisbee 26, 1978

Sale Date: April 5, 2024

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Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation..., 1956–1965

Aaron Siskind

Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation..., 1956–1965

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Kentucky 5, 1951

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Kentucky 5, 1951

Sale Date: April 5, 2024

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Durango, Mexico, 1961

Aaron Siskind

Durango, Mexico, 1961

Sale Date: March 8, 2024

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Boy, from

Aaron Siskind

Boy, from "Harlem Document," ca 1935, 1935

Sale Date: February 27, 2024

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Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation #99..., 1961

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Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation #99..., 1961

Sale Date: February 15, 2024

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New York, 1951

Aaron Siskind

New York, 1951

Sale Date: February 15, 2024

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Chicago 9, 1948

Aaron Siskind

Chicago 9, 1948

Sale Date: February 15, 2024

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Chicago 98, 1948

Aaron Siskind

Chicago 98, 1948

Sale Date: February 8, 2024

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Chicago 9, 1957 from the portfolio Chicago..., 1957

Aaron Siskind

Chicago 9, 1957 from the portfolio Chicago..., 1957

Sale Date: January 31, 2024

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Chicago 13, 1952 from the portfolio Chicago..., 1952

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Chicago 13, 1952 from the portfolio Chicago..., 1952

Sale Date: January 31, 2024

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Chicago 13, 1957 from the portfolio Chicago..., 1957

Aaron Siskind

Chicago 13, 1957 from the portfolio Chicago..., 1957

Sale Date: January 31, 2024

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(LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB.) Whitman, Walt. Song of...

Aaron Siskind

(LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB.) Whitman, Walt. Song of...

Sale Date: October 26, 2023

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Two Polaroids by Aaron Siskind

Aaron Siskind

Two Polaroids by Aaron Siskind

Sale Date: December 12, 2023

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