Chicago 13
Artist
Aaron Siskind
(American, 1903 - 1991)
CultureAmerican
Date1952
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 9 1/4 × 11 7/8 in. (23.5 × 30.2 cm)
Overall, Paper: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Paper: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
InscribedTitled on reverse.
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Menschel
Object number78.576H
On View
Not on viewLabel TextJun Shiraoka Japanese (b. 1944) Helsinki, Finland, 1972 Gelatin-silver print Purchase, Horace W. Goldsmith Fund 86.388 ~ Shiraoka's photographs exhibit a sensibility affected by American and French cultures; yet his strongest influences are the art and Zen philosophy of Japan. His images are typically dark, almost black, and require careful scrutiny by the viewer. The predominance of black makes his images ambiguous and ominous, while revealing a vitality and poetry of the captured landscapes. In 1988, Shiraoka had his first solo exhibition in the United States at the Chrysler. The collection includes 15 of his photographs. Edited By: GLY Edited Date: 11/07/2003Published ReferencesJeff Harrison, _Collecting with Vision: Treasures From the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (London: D. Giles Ltd., 2007), 114, fig. 138. ISBN: 978-0-940744-72-1
