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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2008.
Seaweed 2
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2008.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2008.

Seaweed 2

Artist Aaron Siskind (American, 1903 - 1991)
CultureAmerican
Date1943
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 7 7/16 × 5 3/8 in. (18.9 × 13.7 cm)
Overall, Support: 9 7/8 × 7 7/8 in. (25.1 × 20 cm)
Inscribed"SW2 /43, 4" "Seaweed 2, 1943" and signed in pencil
Credit LineGift of Joyce F. and Robert B. Menschel
Object number2007.12.93
Not on view
DescriptionThis gelatin silver print is of a strand of seaweed forming the small letter "a" in the sand.

ProvenanceCollection of Robert B. and Joyce F. Menschel, New York; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, Gift of Joyce F. and Robert B. Menschel, 2007
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2008.
Aaron Siskind
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera-2006.
Aaron Siskind
ca. 1960
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera-2006.
Aaron Siskind
ca. 1960
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2008.
Aaron Siskind
1949
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Aaron Siskind
1944
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Aaron Siskind
1950
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2008.
Aaron Siskind
1944
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2008.
Aaron Siskind
1956
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2008.
Aaron Siskind
1953
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2008.
Aaron Siskind
1944