Chicago

© Aaron Siskind/Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Chicago

Currently not on view

Chicago,

1947

Aaron Siskind, 1903–1991; born New York, NY; died Providence, RI; active New York, Chicago, and Providence
x1987-44

Information

Title
Chicago
Dates

1947

Maker
Aaron Siskind
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet: 33.2 × 36.2 cm (13 1/16 × 14 1/4 in.) mount: 50.9 × 51.5 cm (20 1/16 × 20 1/4 in.) mat: 50.8 × 61 cm (20 × 24 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Jane Teller
Object Number
x1987-44
Place Made

North America, United States, Illinois, Chicago

Inscription
Signed and dated in graphite on board: 1947 Aaron Siskind Titled and dated in graphite, verso upper left: Chicago - 1947
Culture
American
Type
gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs, photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process, dry mounting
Subject
abstraction, walls

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