Tehuantepec, Mexico

© Aaron Siskind/Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Tehuantepec, Mexico

Currently not on view

Tehuantepec, Mexico,

1955

Aaron Siskind, 1903–1991; born New York, NY; died Providence, RI; active New York, Chicago, and Providence
x1991-115

Information

Title
Tehuantepec, Mexico
Dates

1955

Maker
Aaron Siskind
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
18.4 x 23.5 cm. (7 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Jane Teller
Object Number
x1991-115
Inscription
inscribed in pencil, verso top left: Tehuantepec-1955; initialed in pencil, verso top center: as
Culture
American
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs
Materials
gelatin silver prints
Subject
posters, signs

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