Chicago 9
- Title:
- Chicago 9
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- History of photography
- Creator:
- Siskind, Aaron
- Creation Date:
- 1948
- ID Number:
- 2000.173.025
- File Name:
- 2000.173.025.jpg
- Work Type:
- Photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- gelatin silver prints
- Subject:
- Art and Photography
modernism - Measurement:
- 50.8 x 40.6 (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- Non-figurative image, a smooth black surface with incised lines and scratches. Just above the center of the frame and across it to the left is a lighter patch that looks like concrete under the smooth dark paint, it's shaped like a fish with the tail at the far-left.
- Notes:
- Gelatin silver print, one of over 70 works held at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum by Siskind.
- Cite As:
- Aaron Siskind (American, 1903–1991), Chicago 9, 1948. Gelatin silver print, 50.8 x 40.6 cm. Gift of Carol Lupis, 2000.173.025.
- Repository:
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The copyright status and copyright owners of most of the images in the Mellon Teaching Sets Collection are unknown. Whenever possible, information on current rights owners is included with the image. Digitization took place at varied times from items held at Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art in service of a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Cornell is providing access to low-resolution, non-downloadable versions of the materials as a digital aggregate under an assertion of fair use for non-commercial research and educational use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. For more information about these volumes, please contact the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at museum@cornell.edu. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.