Boy’s head, Harlem

Aaron Siskind

1932; printed 1981

  • Titles Boy's head, Harlem (Proper)@Harlem Document (Series)
  • Artist Aaron Siskind, American, 1903 - 1991
  • Medium gelatin silver print
  • Dimensions sheet: 13 7/8 × 10 7/8 in. (35.2 × 27.6 cm) image: 9 1/16 × 8 1/2 in. (23 × 21.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Howard and Ellen Greenberg, AFI.178.2017
  • Work Type photograph
  • Classification Photographs

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Interior scene with a middle-aged bearded man seated to the left with a hat in one hand and his green umbrella leaning against his arm. A Scottish terrier is at his side, to the right. A young woman is seated at right with her right arm resting on a table with red tablecloth. Her knitting is on the table and the ball of yarn is on the floor. A cabinet with dishes is on the wall between the couple. A door is at far right and a straw bonnet and plaid shawl hang from a peg to the left of the door.
Sketch of Two Black Girls Holding Umbrellas, Arthur Stewart, graphite on paper
Abstract of a ruined building
Portrait of the Artist's Niece, Rose Norman Tarver (1891-1965), Clara Weaver Parrish, oil on canvas