Aaron Siskind
Chicago 2
1970
Image: 17 1/2 x 13 7/8 inches (44.45 x 35.24 cm); sheet: 19 7/8 x 16 inches (50.48 x 40.64 cm)
Gelatin silver print
Gift of Eugene and Barbara Polk.
2014.138
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Recto: inscribed in black ink, lower left, below image, "Chicago 2 1970"; signed in black ink, lower right, below image; verso: inscribed in pencil, lower center, "ch2/'70".
Provenance
Eugene and Barbara Polk.
Summary
Eight light vertical textured stripes divided into two rows in the middle of the image; in each row, the outer two stripes are shorter than the middle two. The background is dark and the top of the image has a dark rectangular protrusion.
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