Aaron Siskind
Boys in Empty Tenement

Boys in Empty Tenement

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Boys in Empty Tenement
Boys in Empty Tenement
ArtistAmerican, 1903–1991
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Boys in Empty Tenement
  • from the series Harlem Document
Date1935, printed 1976
Place depictedNew York City, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/8 × 7 3/16 in. (23.2 × 18.3 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 10 7/8 in. (35.6 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Gay Block
Object number83.28.3
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceGay Block, Santa Fe, New Mexico; given to MFAH, 1983.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso bottom left to right in pencil " Harlem 1935 Boys in Empty Tenement 3.1 "
bottom right below image in ink " Aaron Siskind "

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