Aaron Siskind

(American, 1903-1991)

A Pair of Photographs (Mexico, 1955 and Terracotta 10, 1960)

gelatin silver prints

Mexico: signed in pencil (mount recto); signed, titled, and dated in ink (mount verso) Terracotta 10: signed, titled, and dated in ink (recto); signed, titled, and dated in pencil (verso)

10 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches.

Mexico:
10 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches. Mounted: 15 x 18 inches.
Mount is warped along upper and lower edges with associated discoloration, instances of foxing within lower third of mount, remnants of mounting corner to upper left mount, chips along upper edge of photograph, scratch to lower center edge, upper left corner bumped, some small indentations visible in raking light, instances of surface dirt. Please request additional images.

Terracotta 10:
12 x 9 1/2 inches.
Sheet: 14 x 11 inches.
Cornered to mount at four corners, curling to sheet, chips to edges, mostly in lower edge, surface dust, handling creases to left and right edges. Please see additional images.

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Ms. Brown rejoined the firm in 2019 as a senior specialist in the Fine Art department, where she has been the resident expert and Head of Sale for Prints and Multiples. She has over 17 years of art-market experience, most recently as founder of Monica Brown Fine Art. In addition to working for renowned auction houses, she has extensive knowledge in over five centuries of works on paper from her tenure at the Newberry Library in Chicago, and eight years of experience with one of London’s leading dealers of Pop Art editions.

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A Pair of Photographs (Mexico, 1955 and Terracotta 10, 1960)

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