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Photo Credit: copy photo: J. Giammatteo
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Boys in Empty Tenement, Harlem
1935 (printed 1980)20th century
356 x 279 mm (14 x 11 in.)
Aaron Siskind, American, (1903–1991)
Object Type:
photograph
Medium and Support:
Gelatin silver print
Series:
Number 29 from portfolio Harlem Document
Edition:
50; printed in 1980 by Michaela Murphy from original neg's, supervised by A. S.
Marks:
Signed in ink, lower right: “Aaron Siskind”; identified and dated in pencil on verso
Bibliography:
Harlem Document, edited by Charles Traub (Providence, RI: Matrix Publications, 1982).
Credit Line:
Gift of Ann and Seth B. Rosner (BA Wesleyan 1952), 1985
Accession Number:
1985.24.29
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
African American culture,
dwellings*,
group portraits*,
male portraits,
New York City*,
Northeastern United States*,
portraits*,
tenement houses*
- African American culture
- dwellings - Use for buildings or portions of a building designed exclusively for human residential occupancy, but not including hotels or other buildings intended for use by transients. For the locale which constitutes the center of an individual's domesti
- group portraits - Portraits depicting two or more individuals. [January 1995 scope note added. April 1991 descriptor moved.]
- male portraits
- New York City - TGN 7007567 (“New York” preferred, “New York City” display; retained “City” for clarity)
- Northeastern United States - TGN 4011496 (general region): The term typically refers to New England and the northern Atlantic seaboard, including Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey.
- portraits - Representations of real individuals that are intended to capture a known or supposed likeness; for representations of fictional or mythological characters, use "figures (representations)." [March 1993 lead-in term added. April 1991 descriptor m
- tenement houses - Use only for buildings containing rental apartments that are in large cities, occupied by poorer people, generally built to minimum standards of sanitation, safety, and comfort, and often in run-down condition. [July 1995 descriptor moved.]
Dimensions
- sheet Dimensions: 356 x 279 mm (14 x 11 in.)
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Credit Caption
Aaron Siskind, American, (1903–1991) . Boys in Empty Tenement, Harlem, 1935 (printed 1980). From Harlem Document. Gelatin silver print. sheet : 356 x 279 mm (14 x 11 in.). DAC accession number 1985.24.29. Gift of Ann and Seth B. Rosner (BA Wesleyan 1952), 1985. (copy photo: J. Giammatteo) .