Aaron Siskind Signed Silver Gelatin Print Chicago 1952

Silver gelatin print depicting a close-up of a bell form architectural element more than likely part of a cityscape. Signed and dated 2003 along the ...

From Luis Gallos 1994-1995 Series .A set from his large series of black and white photographs of riders in the NYC subway. Each rider wears a coat and has hands in a different pose, ...

Mark Sheinkman is an American contemporary artist. His primary media are oil painting, drawing, and printmaking. This is a graphite on paper depicting a linear abstraction compositi...

The image shows "Colour Etching I", a 1996 etching with aquatint and drypoint by British artist Ian McKeever. The print is part of a series of ten. It features an abstract, roughly ...

Selection of black and white abstract prints. From left to right, they are: 1) Abstract lithograph by Terry Haan, circa 1960s. Pencil s...

Silverprint photograph, 1973 (printed later). Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right. Titled and numbered 2/90 in pencil in lower left. Published in 1987 by Palm Press. Full...

Aaron Siskind (1903-1992) started his career as a documentary photographer and a member of the Photo League. He and his colleagues were interested in photography as a tool to record and address social inequalities of the day. Many of his images from the 1930's for example explored life in Harlem. In the early 1940's Siskind drifted away from social depictions preferring to capture images that focused on textures and shapes. Images of advertising fragments, graffiti and sidewalks become engaging and hypnotic because of their abstract qualities rather than the subject matter. As a result he became one of the first "abstract" photographers. Siskind's aesthetic and sensibility evolved parallel to the Abstract Expressionist movement. As a result he was the only photographer to be included in the groundbreaking 9th Street Art...

Contemporary black and white abstract photograph in a black rectangular frame.