Band at the Savoy Ballroom, from the Photo League Feature Group project Harlem Document

Aaron Siskind, American, 1903 - 1991

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negative 1931; print 1981

Gelatin silver print

Image: 12 5/16 × 8 15/16 in. (31.3 × 22.7 cm)

Sheet: 13 7/8 × 10 7/8 in. (35.2 × 27.6 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Elizabeth and David C. Lowenstein '67 Fund

2012.66.3

Printer

Michaela Murphy, George Eastman House, Rochester, New York

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Photograph

Research Area

Photograph

Not on view

Course History

SART 30, SART 75, Photography II, III, Virginia Beahan, Spring 2013

AAAS 91.1, ENGL 53.18, The Harlem Renaissance, J. Martin Favor, Winter 2015

Theater 10.55, African and African American Studies 32.15, Curating Black Theater, Monica Ndounou, Spring 2024

Provenance

The artist; given to Malcolm Grear (1931-2016), Providence, Rhode Island; BigTown Gallery, Rochester, Vermont; sold to present collection, 2012.

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