Meatmarket Owner and Butchers, from the project The Most Crowded Block
Aaron Siskind, American, 1903 - 1991
negative 1939-1940; print 1981
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 3/8 × 8 3/4 in. (23.8 × 22.2 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 11 in. (35.4 × 27.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Elizabeth and David C. Lowenstein '67 Fund
2012.66.2
Printer
Michaela Murphy, George Eastman House, Rochester, New York
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, on reverse, lower left: stamped: PRINTED FROM ORIGINAL NEGATIVE / AT GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE; inscribed, in graphite, lower left towards center: 68:333:292 / 1981 P3a MAM; inscribed, in graphite, lower right corner: 80%
Course History
SART 30, SART 75, Photography II, III, Virginia Beahan, Spring 2013
Provenance
The artist; given to Malcolm Grear (1931-2016), Providence, Rhode Island; BigTown Gallery, Rochester, Vermont; sold to present collection, 2012.
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