The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 4, 2026

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
Gelatin silver print
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.)
Gift of Richard and Alice Thall in honor of the Robert Mann Gallery 2015.172
Location: Not on view
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2015.172