Aaron Siskind
Wishing Tree

Wishing Tree

© Courtesy of the Aaron Siskind Foundation

Wishing Tree
Wishing Tree
ArtistAmerican, 1903–1991
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Wishing Tree
  • from the series Harlem Document
Date1937, printed 1976
Place depictedNew York City, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 5/8 × 10 1/8 in. (16.8 × 25.7 cm)
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (27.8 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Gay Block
Object number83.28.8
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 1937 Wishing Tree 8.1 "
bottom right below image in ink " Aaron Siskind "

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