Aaron Siskind
Chicago 30
1952
Image: 10 5/16 x 13 5/16 inches (26.19 x 33.81 cm); sheet: 11 x 14 inches (27.94 x 35.56 cm)
Gelatin silver print
Gift of Eugene and Barbara Polk.
2014.134
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Verso: inscribed in pencil, upper center, "Chicago 30 1952"; signed in pencil, upper center.
Provenance
Eugene and Barbara Polk.
Summary
The left side of the image has a dark painted brick wall with a large “R” drawn on it with chalk. The right side of the image is light cement with a black circular object in the center and six dark lines spreading across the wall from the circle.
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