New York 78
Aaron Siskind's 'New York 78' is a gelatin silver print that captures the abstract qualities of urban environments. The work exemplifies Siskind's distinctive approach to transforming everyday scenes into contemplative photographic compositions.
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print.
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Photographs
April 5, 2024
Lot 140
Artists in conversation
Harry Callahan
American · b. 1912
Callahan similarly used gelatin silver prints to extract abstract geometric compositions from urban environments, transforming ordinary city walls, streets, and architectural details into contemplative black and white studies much like Siskind's approach in New York 78.
Minor White
American · b. 1908
White shared Siskind's commitment to finding deeply abstract and meditative qualities within everyday subjects using black and white gelatin silver photography, elevating mundane surfaces and textures into philosophical visual statements.
Frederick Sommer
American · b. 1905
Sommer worked extensively in black and white gelatin silver prints to transform found subjects into strikingly abstract compositions, sharing Siskind's core philosophy of revealing hidden formal and contemplative dimensions within the physical world.
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