Aaron Siskind

Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation 39
1960

A black and white photograph capturing a person in mid-air, seemingly in a state of free fall or jumping, with arms outstretched and legs bent at the knees. The background is completely white, emphasizing the silhouette of the individual. The bottom edge of the photo includes a black strip with indistinct white lettering.

A black and white photograph capturing a person in mid-air, seemingly in a state of free fall or jumping, with arms outstretched and legs bent at the knees. The background is completely white, emphasizing the silhouette of the individual. The bottom edge of the photo includes a black strip with indistinct white lettering.

Not on view

Date
1960

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 10 13/16in. (35.2 × 27.5 cm) Image: 11 × 10in. (27.9 × 25.4 cm)

Accession number
2003.312

Edition
Vintage

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/20014

Exhibitions

In Conversation: A Centennial Exhibition of Photographs by Aaron Siskind

Oct 3, 2003–Jan 31, 2004

Aaron Siskind
68 works in the collection

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