John Loengard
Aaron Siskind "Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation (#63) 1956"

Aaron Siskind "Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation (#63) 1956"
Aaron Siskind "Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation (#63) 1956"
Aaron Siskind "Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation (#63) 1956"
ArtistAmerican, 1934–2020
Publisher
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Aaron Siskind "Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation (#63) 1956"
  • from the portfolio Celebrating the Negative
Date1994, printed 2008
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 1/8 × 8 1/16 in. (30.8 × 20.5 cm)
 Sheet: 13 7/8 × 11 in. (35.2 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of John S. Parsley
Object number2008.398.16
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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceJohn S. Parsley, Houston; given to MFAH, 2008.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil verso lower edge:
"AARON SISKIND "Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation (#63) 1956 4/15 © 1994 (signature)"
Signed in pencil verso lower right: "John Loengard"

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