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Boys in Empty Tenement,
1935

Aaron Siskind, 1903–1991; born New York, NY; died Providence, RI

x1981-117.3

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Title

Boys in Empty Tenement

Dates

1935

Maker

Aaron Siskind

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 23.5 x 18 cm. (9 1/4 x 7 1/16 in.) sheet: 35.7 x 27.7 cm. (14 1/16 x 10 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Anonymous gift, in memory of Lincoln K. Barnett, Class of 1929

Object Number

x1981-117.3

Place Made

North America, United States, New York, Manhattan, New York, Harlem

Inscription

Dated and titled in graphite, verso bottom: Harlem 1935, Boys in Empty Tenement Signed in ink, below lower right corner of image: Aaron Siskind

Culture

American

Type

black-and-white photographs, photographs, gelatin silver prints

Techniques

gelatin silver process

Subject

cities, vandalism, poverty, urban blight, row houses, tenement houses, figures (representations), derelict buildings, child, children (people by age group), urban environments, apartments, boys, gelatin silver prints, doorways, deterioration, windows, affordable housing, stairs

"Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1981", <em>Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University </em>41, no. 1 (1982): p. 16-31., p. 28

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Aaron Siskind (1903–1991; born New York, NY; died Providence, RI), Boys in Empty Tenement, 1935. Gelatin silver print; 23.5 x 18 cm (image), 35.7 x 27.7 cm (sheet). Anonymous gift, in memory of Lincoln K. Barnett, Class of 1929 (x1981-117.3) https://artmuseum-beta.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/14515?field_tms_obj_subjects_target_id=63

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