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Badlands 11

1970

Aaron Siskind

(American, 1903–1991)
Culture
America
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Measurements
Image: 30.8 x 25.2 cm (12 1/8 x 9 15/16 in.); Paper: 35.3 x 27.7 cm (13 7/8 x 10 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Richard and Alice Thall in honor of the Robert Mann Gallery 2015.172
Copyright
Copyright
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
A vertically oriented black-and-white photograph features a jagged crevice slicing through a field of parched earth. An interlocking network of cracks forms a mosaic of irregular polygons, their raised surfaces catching light in pale gray while deep shadows pool in the fissures. These textured fragments create a complex geometric pattern across the frame, punctuated by small pebbles scattered across the rough, dry terrain from the bottom to the top edge.

Badlands 11

1970

Aaron Siskind

(American, 1903–1991)
America

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