Gloucester II

Lithographer Aaron Siskind (American, 1903 - 1991)

Date1944 (printed later)

Mediumgelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 9 5/8 × 12 7/8 in. (24.4 × 32.7 cm)
Support: 10 7/8 × 13 7/8 in. (27.6 × 35.2 cm)
Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)

ClassificationsPhotograph

Credit LineGift of Caroline Burnett, 2012

Object number2012.6.5

DescriptionClose view of weathered boards with two nail heads visible and a curving metal tool
eMuseum Notes

Emuseum Notes

During summers at Martha’s Vineyard and Gloucester, Mass., in 1943-44, Siskind started making photographs that were increasingly abstract and symbolic, such as this image. The shift in his work coincided with his growing friendships with the Abstract Expressionist artists of the New York School and especially those associated with the Charles Egan Gallery, where he also exhibited.

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