Untitled from the series "Beans and Bacon"

© Aaron Siskind/Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Untitled from the series "Beans and Bacon"

Currently not on view

Untitled from the series "Beans and Bacon",

ca. 1939

Aaron Siskind, 1903–1991; born New York, NY; died Providence, RI; active New York, Chicago, and Providence
x1990-149
In his early work, Siskind, a member of the leftist New York Photo League, concentrated on observable realities of the world in a social context. Around the time he made this photograph, he was shifting from this mode to one of capturing symbolic fragments of environments, objects, or buildings, often utilizing close-ups or jarring camera angles. This tractor belonged to Siskind’s dear friend Jane Teller, a printmaker and sculptor as well as a sculpting professor at Princeton in the 1960s, who owned a farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Information

Title
Untitled from the series "Beans and Bacon"
Dates

ca. 1939

Maker
Aaron Siskind
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 24.1 x 18.7 cm (9 1/2 x 7 3/8 in.) sheet: 25.2 x 20.3 cm (9 15/16 x 8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Walter Teller
Object Number
x1990-149
Inscription
On verso, photographer's stamp: Photograph by AARON SISKIND"
Culture
American
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs, gelatin silver prints
Subject
truck tractors, grass, farms

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