New York 6

Aaron Siskind
1951
Gelatin silver print
Image: 17 7/8 x 14 inches (45.4 x 35.56 cm); sheet: 20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.64 cm)
Gift of Richard and Ronay Menschel.
2015.56
Provenance: 
Richard and Ronay Menschel.
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Verso: inscribed in pencil, upper center, "New York 6 1951"; signed in pencil, upper center; inscribed in pencil, lower center, "NY 6 / '51 / 4".
Summary: 

Detail of the surviving fragments of paint over a dark, coarse surface. The paint seems to have stenciled letters on it. White dot appears on the lower right corner of the image.

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