Chicago 59

Aaron Siskind

1952; printed later

  • Titles Chicago 59 (Proper)
  • 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 1/4 × 9 7/8 in. (23.5 × 25.1 cm) mat: 20 × 18 in. (50.8 × 45.7 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of John Hagefstration, AFI.199.2020
  • Work Type photograph
  • Classification Photographs

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