Lot 114
  • 114

Aaron Siskind

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description

  • Aaron Siskind
  • UNTITLED ABSTRACTION (WALL WITH STENCILED NUMBERS)
  • Gelatin silver print
flush-mounted to Masonite, circa 1940s-50s

Provenance

The photographer to Cora and Benjamin Ginsburg, circa 1940s-50s

By descent to the present owner, 2003

Condition

This early print, on paper with a semi-glossy surface, is flush-mounted to Masonite with a mounted wood hanging bracket on the reverse. The edges are rubbed and chipped. When examined in raking light, the following are visible: scuffs, scratches and impressions that do not appear to break the emulsion; and original retouching.
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