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Photo Credit: copy photo: J. Giammatteo
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Savoy Dancers, Harlem Document
ca. 1936 (printed ca. 1979)20th century
293 x 241 mm (11.5 x 9.5 in.)
Aaron Siskind, American, (1903–1991)
Object Type:
photograph
Medium and Support:
Gelatin silver print
Series:
from 75th Anniversary Portfolio
Edition:
Number 13 from the edition of 50 (50 numbered copies and seven artist’s proofs) published by LIGHT Gallery, New York, 1979; the portfolio contains 12 photographs dating to 1936-1976, title page, table of contents, and an introduction by Peter C. Bunnell
Marks:
Signed in ink beneath image, lower right: Aaron Siskind; lower left: title and date
Credit Line:
National Endowment for the Arts funds and Friends of the Davison Art Center matching funds, 1979
Accession Number:
1979.21.1.1
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This object has the following keywords:
- African American culture
- dance - Performing art form realized in rhythmic movement, creating visual designs by a series of poses and tracing of patterns through space in the course of measured units of time. [November 1994 scope note added. February 1993 related term added.]
- dancers - Use for those who engage in the activity of dancing or who practice the art of dance, especially as a profession. [November 1994 scope note added. February 1993 related term added. November 1992 alternate term added.]
Dimensions
- image Dimensions: 293 x 241 mm (11.5 x 9.5 in.)
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Credit Caption
Aaron Siskind, American, (1903–1991) . Savoy Dancers, Harlem Document, ca. 1936 (printed ca. 1979). From 75th Anniversary Portfolio. Gelatin silver print. image : 293 x 241 mm (11.5 x 9.5 in.). DAC accession number 1979.21.1.1. National Endowment for the Arts funds and Friends of the Davison Art Center matching funds, 1979. (copy photo: J. Giammatteo) .