Martha's Vineyard (UR 127B)

Photography and Media

1954

Aaron Siskind
American, 1903–1991

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: Aaron Siskind
Title: Martha's Vineyard (UR 127B)
Place: United States (Artist's nationality)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1954
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Inscriptions: Unmarked recto; inscribed and signed verso, on mount, upper center, in graphite: "V R 107a 8/54 / Aaron Siskind"
Dimensions: Image/paper: 33.5 × 41.7 cm (13 1/4 × 16 7/16 in.); Mount: 45.7 × 55.9 cm (18 × 22 1/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. Noah Goldowsky
Reference Number: 1956.396
Copyright: © Aaron Siskind Foundation.

Travis, David and Elizabeth Siegel. 2002. “Taken by Design: Photographs from the Institute of Design, 1937–1971,” Exh. cat. Art Institute of Chicago/University of Chicago Press. p. 132, cat. 182, pl. 120.

Art Institute of Chicago, “Taken by Design: Photographs from the Institute of Design, 1937–1971,” March 2–May 12, 2002; traveled to San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, July 20–October 20, 2002; and Philadelphia Museum of Art, December 7, 2002–March 2, 2003. (David Travis and Elizabeth Siegel)
Art Institute of Chicago, “Aaron Siskind: Abstractions,” April 16-August 14, 2016.

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