Aaron Siskind
Jalapa 7 (Homage to Franz Kline)

Jalapa 7 (Homage to Franz Kline)

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Jalapa 7 (Homage to Franz Kline)
Jalapa 7 (Homage to Franz Kline)
ArtistAmerican, 1903–1991
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Jalapa 7 (Homage to Franz Kline)
DateDecember 29, 1972
Place depictedJalapa, Mexico
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 14 1/8 × 17 1/8 in. (35.9 × 43.5 cm)
Frame: 23 × 26 × 2 in. (58.4 × 66 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, museum purchase funded by Target Stores and the National Endowment for the Arts
Object number76.252
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

Aaron Siskind produced a
series of photographs subtitled
Homage to
Franz Kline
, which encompassed six groups of pictures identified by the
time and place they were made. Although none of the photographs in the series
relates to a specific Kline painting, they all contain images suggestive of a
dragging brush or a direct concern with a broad stroke or gesture. In
Jalapa 7, the marks form an energetic
cadence of abstract forms, which relates to what Siskind referred to as an
“unself-conscious mark.”




Provenance[The Cronin Gallery, Houston]; purchased by MFAH, 1976.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited in "Darkness and Light," at The Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, Houston, TX, from Jan. 23 - Mar. 28, 1993 (LN:93.16)

Exhibited: "Aaron Siskind: Centennial Celebration," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 7/3/04 - 9/26/04

Exhibited "Target Collection of American Photography: A Century in Pictures",
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston December 3 - February 25, 2007
Austin Museum of Art May 19 - August 12, 2007
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi June 5 - August 24, 2008
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: "Homage to Franz Kline (Jalapa 7) 1973" left below image, and "Aaron Siskind" right below image

Verso at top: "Hom. To F.K. (Jalapa (16 crossed out, then) 7) 1973/Aaron Siskind"

Verso at bottom: "J-10 12/72 / 4"

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