Aaron Siskind

New York 2
1951

Black and white abstract artwork featuring bold, irregular black shapes and forms on a white background, resembling a graffiti-like composition. The image includes text at the bottom indicating the location and year "New York 1951" on the left and a signature on the right.

Black and white abstract artwork featuring bold, irregular black shapes and forms on a white background, resembling a graffiti-like composition. The image includes text at the bottom indicating the location and year "New York 1951" on the left and a signature on the right.

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Date
1951

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 16in. (50.5 × 40.6 cm) Image: 16 3/4 × 13 7/8in. (42.6 × 35.2 cm)

Accession number
99.66.1

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Ronay and Richard L. Menschel in honor of Leonard A. Lauder

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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