Inv. No.S-0665
ArtistAaron Siskindborn 1903 in USAdied 1991 in USA
Title

"Street Scene 2"


Harlem, New York

from the series: "Most Crowded Block in the World"
Year1940 / 1980s
Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions24 x 21 cm
Signature

signed (ink) on recto, titled, dated and negative-number "22.21 MCB" (pencil) on verso

Comment

At the same time as he did social documentary projects, as in this example from the series “Most Crowded Block in the World”, Siskind trained his eye for abstract forms in the early 1930s, for what he manly became famous.
See also Siskund S-0196, S-0263, S-0385, S-0546 and S-1262 to S-1269.
(Fritz Simak)

S-0665, "Street Scene 2"
Aaron Siskind, "Street Scene 2", 1940
S-0665, Front view
© Aaron Siskind Foundation
S-0665, Back view
Aaron Siskind, "Street Scene 2", 1940
S-0665, Back view
S-0665, Aaron Siskind, „Tree“, 1931–1932.
Aaron Siskind, "Street Scene 2", 1940
S-0665, Aaron Siskind, „Tree“, 1931–1932.