Aaron Siskind

Lady and Lamp, Harlem

1940, printed 1981

Young woman in a suit with a corsage reclines in an armchair, looking thoughtfully to the side.
Young woman in a suit with a corsage reclines in an armchair, looking thoughtfully to the side.

Aaron Siskind, Lady and Lamp, Harlem, 1940, printed 1981. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 14 1/16 × 11 in. (35.7 × 27.9 cm) Image: 11 1/16 × 8 in. (28.1 × 20.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Howard Greenberg 2020.210

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Date
1940, printed 1981

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 14 1/16 × 11 in. (35.7 × 27.9 cm) Image: 11 1/16 × 8 in. (28.1 × 20.3 cm)

Accession number
2020.210

Edition
Edition unknown

Credit line
Gift of Howard Greenberg

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
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