Harlem Document 20, Aaron Siskind

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Aaron Siskind, Harlem Document 20
Aaron Siskind, Harlem Document 20
Aaron Siskind
Harlem Document 20
1981
Aaron Siskind
1903–1991
Harlem Document 20, 1981
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 31.4 x 22.7 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 12 3/8 x 8 15/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in
Credit line: Gift of Mr. Lee Arnold
Accession number: 1987.0413
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Signs of Faith: Photographs from the Collection," Oct-2001, Elissa L.Anderson Siskind’s Harlem Document, a series of his photographs of which this is one, records 1930s African-American life in New York City. Harlem, impoverished during the Depression, nonetheless thrived through inspirational music and devotional practices.