Aaron Siskind
Seaweed 4
About this artwork
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artist:Aaron Siskind (1903 - 1991) American
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title:Seaweed 4
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date created:Dated 1952
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materials:Black and white photograph
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measurements:13.80 x 22.50 cm (paper 20.40 x 25.10 cm)
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1980
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accession number:GMA 2138
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Aaron Siskind
Aaron Siskind
The American photographer Aaron Siskind worked as an English teacher in New York before setting up a branch of the Photo League, called the Feature Group, in 1936. The group organised a project to photograph Harlem street life; Siskind's 'Harlem Document' photographs resulted from this. His aim was...