Artist
Aaron Siskind (American, 1903–1991)American, 1903–1991
CultureAmerican
Titles
- No. 94
- from the series Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation
Date1961, printed 1972
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 15/16 × 9 9/16 in. (25.2 × 24.3 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 9 9/16 in. (25.2 × 24.3 cm)
Mount: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 9 9/16 in. (25.2 × 24.3 cm)
Mount: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Morgan Garwood
Object number2014.168.8
Not on view
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PhotographyObject Type
ProvenanceMorgan Garwood, New York; bequeathed to MFAH, 2014.
Exhibition History"Aaron Siskind: Centennial Celebration," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 7/3/04 - 9/26/04
“A Critical Eye: Mid-Century American Photographs from the Morgan Garwood Collection,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 23–November 2, 2014.
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. 94, 1961
LIGHT / 1018 MADISON AVENUE / NEW YORK, N.Y. 10021 / AARON SISIKIND
/ Terrors and Pleasures of / Levitation / No. 94, 1961
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