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
x1990-167

Information

Title
Untitled from the series "Beans and Bacon"
Dates

ca. 1939

Maker
Aaron Siskind
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 18.8 x 24.4 cm (7 3/8 x 9 5/8 in.) sheet: 20.3 x 25.2 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Walter Teller
Object Number
x1990-167
Inscription
On verso, photographer's stamp: "Photograph by AARON SISKIND"
Culture
American
Type
gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs, photographs
Subject
birds, chickens, cages

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