Church Interior

© Aaron Siskind/Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Church Interior

Currently not on view

Church Interior,

1938

Aaron Siskind, 1903–1991; born New York, NY; died Providence, RI; active New York, Chicago, and Providence
x1981-117.17

Information

Title
Church Interior
Dates

1938

Maker
Aaron Siskind
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 22 x 30.5 cm. (8 11/16 x 12 in.) sheet: 27.7 x 35.7 cm. (10 7/8 x 14 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift, in memory of Lincoln K. Barnett, Class of 1929
Object Number
x1981-117.17
Place Made

North America, United States, New York, Manhattan, New York, Harlem

Inscription
Signed in ink, below lower right corner of image: Aaron Siskind Titled and dated in graphite, verso bottom: Harlem 19388, Church Interior
Culture
American
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs, gelatin silver prints
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
churches, cities, women, figures (representations), gelatin silver prints, men, pews

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