Artist
Aaron Siskind (American, 1903–1991)American, 1903–1991
CultureAmerican
Titles
- No. 477
- from the series Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation
Date1954, printed 1972
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 7/8 × 9 1/2 in. (25.1 × 24.1 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 9 1/2 in. (25.1 × 24.1 cm)
Mount: 20 1/8 × 16 3/16 in. (51.1 × 41.1 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 9 1/2 in. (25.1 × 24.1 cm)
Mount: 20 1/8 × 16 3/16 in. (51.1 × 41.1 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Morgan Garwood
Object number2014.168.3
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ProvenanceMorgan Garwood, New York; bequeathed to MFAH, 2014.
Exhibition History"Aaron Siskind: Centennial Celebration," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 2–September 26, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in pencil on the mount lower right below image: Aaron Siskind
Printed gallery label verso with additional text typed:
LIGHT / 1018 MADISON AVENUE / NEW YORK, N.Y. 10021 / AARON SISIKIND / Terrors and Pleasures of / Levitation / No. 477, 1954
LIGHT / 1018 MADISON AVENUE / NEW YORK, N.Y. 10021 / AARON SISIKIND / Terrors and Pleasures of / Levitation / No. 477, 1954
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