Aaron Siskind

Bedroom Through Doorway, Harlem
1940, printed 1981

A black and white photograph depicting a view through an open door into a room with vintage decor. The door frame features ornamental woodwork with a fan-like pattern. Inside the room, a single light bulb hangs from the ceiling, and a wall is adorned with numerous framed photographs and posters. A mirror sits atop a dresser, reflecting a bed with a dark headboard and a rumpled, shiny bedspread. The image has a signature in the lower right corner.
A black and white photograph depicting a view through an open door into a room with vintage decor. The door frame features ornamental woodwork with a fan-like pattern. Inside the room, a single light bulb hangs from the ceiling, and a wall is adorned with numerous framed photographs and posters. A mirror sits atop a dresser, reflecting a bed with a dark headboard and a rumpled, shiny bedspread. The image has a signature in the lower right corner.

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Date
1940, printed 1981

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 14 × 10 7/8in. (35.6 × 27.6 cm) Image: 10 15/16 × 7 13/16in. (27.8 × 19.8 cm)

Accession number
2020.211

Edition
Edition unknown

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Howard Greenberg

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Aaron Siskind
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