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AARON SISKIND (1903-1991)
Portfolio entitled
Viterbo Broom.
Portfolio containing 13 (of 18) natural abstractions. Silver prints,
the images measuring approximately 5
1
/
2
inches (14 cm.) square, the sheets 10x8 inches (25.4x20.3
cm.), each with Siskind’s initials, title, and date, in ink, on recto, and with his numeric print notations,
in pencil, on verso; each print is matted. 4to-sized gray clamshell box; the title page a plain board
with Siskind’s signature, title, date, edition notation 7/9, and inscription,“For Jane Teller, friend and
colleague—the brush burned but was not consumed—,” in ink, all in Siskind’s hand; contents loose
as issued, lacking prints 14-18. Self-published, 1967
[15,000/25,000]
Gifted by the Photographer; to a Private NewYork Collector.
Siskind was the only Photographer associated with NewYork’s pioneering community of Abstract
Expressionist painters. As a result of their influence, he developed a highly original and influential
lexicon, a unique visual vocabulary, that presented photography as non-representational form. In
this series of vintage prints, the contents of which resemble minimalist brush strokes, he conveys
poetry and motion in each elegant composition.