Tenayuca 5

© Aaron Siskind/Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Tenayuca 5

Currently not on view

Tenayuca 5,

1955

Aaron Siskind, 1903–1991; born New York, NY; died Providence, RI; active New York, Chicago, and Providence
x1991-117

Information

Title
Tenayuca 5
Dates

1955

Maker
Aaron Siskind
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
24.1 x 19.2 cm. (9 1/2 x 7 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Jane Teller
Object Number
x1991-117
Inscription
signed in pencil verso top center: Tenayuca 5 1955/Aaron Siskind
Culture
American
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs
Subject
walls, rock (inorganic material), cobblestone

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