Untitled Photogram Zig Zag Shadows 1948

Arthur Sidney Siegel

1948

  • Titles Untitled Photogram Zig Zag Shadows 1948 (Proper)
  • Artist Arthur Sidney Siegel, 1913 - 1978
  • Medium gelatin silver print
  • Dimensions 20 × 16 × 1/8 in. (50.8 × 40.6 × 0.3 cm) sheet: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm) mat: 29 × 23 3/8 in. (73.7 × 59.4 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of John Hagefstration, AFI.193.2020
  • Work Type photograph
  • Classification Photographs

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This image is created with black ink on ecru paper. The etching was created with a heavily inked plate, and portions of the image are very dark. It represents a street corner with pedestrian groups and vehicles scattered throughout the foreground and middle ground. To the right of the street are Four buildings. Closest to the right edge is a low building with three windows with three vehicles in front. Next to that building is a large building with two towers and a domed roof in the center. Behind that building are two additional three story buildings. The sky is swirled with lines, and two indistinct buildings also rise in the distant background at the end of the street.
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This black and white photograph is printed adhered to an aluminum plate that is visible at the top of the sheet. There are six holes in the aluminum. In the image, two central figures stand in front of a draped studio backdrop, holding hands. At the right of the composition, the edge of the backdrop can be seen next to a tent pole. The female figure wears a headdress, a mask, and necklaces. The top of her body is nude, but she wears a belt holding drapery on her body. The male figure also wears a headdress and a mask. He holds a staff, and his costume covers a portion of his chest and attaches to a belt covering him with drapery.