Aaron Siskind
Backyard

Backyard

© Courtesy of the Aaron Siskind Foundation

Backyard
Backyard
ArtistAmerican, 1903–1991
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Backyard
  • from the series Harlem Document
Date1940, printed 1976
Place depictedNew York City, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 11 × 7 13/16 in. (27.9 × 19.8 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in. (35.4 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Gay Block
Object number83.28.23
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceGay Block, Santa Fe, New Mexico; given to MFAH, 1983.
Exhibition History"A Hard, Merciless Light. The Worker-Photography Movement, 1926-1939," Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, April 5–August 22, 2011.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso bottom left to right in pencil " Harlem 1940 Backyard 23.1 "
bottom right below image in ink " Aaron Siskind "

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