Aaron Siskind

Lafayette Theater 2, Harlem
1938, printed 1981

A black and white photograph depicting a person dressed in a historical military uniform with epaulettes, standing in a doorway. The individual is holding a cane and appears to be looking off to the side. In the background, there are chairs and a poster on the wall with the visible words "everybody's business." The photo has a signature at the bottom right corner.
A black and white photograph depicting a person dressed in a historical military uniform with epaulettes, standing in a doorway. The individual is holding a cane and appears to be looking off to the side. In the background, there are chairs and a poster on the wall with the visible words "everybody's business." The photo has a signature at the bottom right corner.

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Date
1938, printed 1981

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 14 × 10 15/16in. (35.6 × 27.8 cm) Image: 11 3/4 × 8 1/2in. (29.8 × 21.6 cm)

Accession number
2020.213

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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