The Tree 35, Aaron Siskind

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Aaron Siskind, The Tree 35
Aaron Siskind, The Tree 35
Aaron Siskind
The Tree 35
1973
Aaron Siskind
1903–1991
The Tree 35, 1973
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 251 x 254 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 9 7/8 x 10 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 20 x 16 in
Credit line: Gift of Robert Drapkin and Chitranee Drapkin
Accession number: 1987.0377
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Archive Label 2003: Siskind began his photography career with the Film & Photo League making documentary photographs about social issues. In the late 1940s he abandoned documentary photography for a more abstract and personally-expressive approach. He developed an interest in the forms created on the flat plane of the photograph. Objects became “shaped forces” to him. However, Siskind did not seek to present hidden meanings; his concern was the emotional response generated by the object’s abstract form. Siskind saw a “force or energy” in anthropomorphic shapes, such as the one created in The Tree 35. His initial exploration of shapes as forces paralleled the development of the New York School in the late 1940s through the 1950s. Siskind was a close friend of many New York School artists, including Abstract Expressionists Mark Rothko and Franz Kline.