Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation 37

© Aaron Siskind/Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation 37

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Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation 37,

1953

Aaron Siskind, 1903–1991; born New York, NY; died Providence, RI; active New York, Chicago, and Providence
x1984-133

Information

Title
Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation 37
Dates

1953

Maker
Aaron Siskind
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
35.3 × 27.7 cm (13 7/8 × 10 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert A. Wayne, Class of 1960
Object Number
x1984-133
Place Made

North America, United States

Inscription
Inscribed and signed, verso: P&T of L. 37. 1953 / Aaron Siskind Inscribed, verso bottom center: PTL 37 '53 / B-4.
Culture
American
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
dancers, men, figures (representations)

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