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Aaron Siskind

 
Aaron Siskind

20th century American photographer and teacher
(New York City, New York, 12/4/1903 - 2/8/1991, Providence, Rhode Island)

Note: Born 4 December 1903; died 8 February 1991. Siskind took his first photographs while on vacation in Bermuda in 1930. In 1932 Siskind worked as a freelance photographer. In 1935 Siskind photographed the Harlem district of New York City, New York for the "Harlem Document". From 1951 to 1959 Siskind served as a professor of photography at Illinois Institute of Technology. In 1959 he became director of the photography department, a position he held until 1970. Siskind was a founding member of the Society for Photographic Education in 1963. In 1981 Siskind photographed in Peru.

17 objects

Untitled

1947 (printed later)
gelatin silver print
Museum Purchase
1986.41
 

Martha's Vineyard 3

1949
gelatin silver print
Museum Purchase
1986.42
 

Chicago 81

1952
gelatin silver print
Museum Purchase, Lloyd O. and Marjorie Strong Coulter Fund
1986.43
 

Chicago 210

1954
gelatin silver print
Museum Purchase
1986.44
 

New York '78

1976
gelatin silver print
Gift of David P. Becker, Class of 1970
1986.106
 

Untitled, from Harlem Document

1939
gelatin silver print
Museum Purchase
1988.10
 

Appia Attica, Rome

1960-1970
gelatin silver print
Gift of David P. Becker, Class of 1970
1991.60
 

Paper Bag

1960-1970
gelatin silver print
Anonymous Gift
1991.98
 

Homage to Franz Kline, Six Photogravures

1989
photogravure on paper in linen box
Cheryl M. Coffin, M.D., Class of 1975, and Mr. Ralph E. Topham, II
2014.30.1-.6
 

Homage to Franz Kline

1989
photogravure on paper in linen box
Cheryl M. Coffin, M.D., Class of 1975, and Mr. Ralph E. Topham, II
2014.30.1
 

Homage to Franz Kline

1989
photogravure on paper in linen box
Cheryl M. Coffin, M.D., Class of 1975, and Mr. Ralph E. Topham, II
2014.30.2
 

Homage to Franz Kline

1989
photogravure on paper in linen box
Cheryl M. Coffin, M.D., Class of 1975, and Mr. Ralph E. Topham, II
2014.30.3
 

Homage to Franz Kline

1989
photogravure on paper in linen box
Cheryl M. Coffin, M.D., Class of 1975, and Mr. Ralph E. Topham, II
2014.30.4
 

Homage to Franz Kline

1989
photogravure on paper in linen box
Cheryl M. Coffin, M.D., Class of 1975, and Mr. Ralph E. Topham, II
2014.30.5
 

Homage to Franz Kline

1989
photogravure on paper in linen box
Cheryl M. Coffin, M.D., Class of 1975, and Mr. Ralph E. Topham, II
2014.30.6
 

Study for Bowdoin College Art Museum Mural, "Florence"

ca. 1895
watercolor on paper

2015.15.1-.2
 

Guanajuato 10

1955
vintage silver gelatin print on paper
Gift, Joe Baio Collection of Photography
2017.61.136