Beginning his photographic career in the 1930s as a social documentarian with the New York Photo League, Aaron Siskind (1903-1991) ultimately radicalized the medium by emphasizing the photograph as an abstract form of expression and an aesthetic end in itself. This 1963 image, made in Rome during his Guggenheim fellowship and part of a well-known series, transforms a graffiti-covered wall into a textured canvas reminiscent of the work of the Abstract Expressionist painters. The print is signed, titled, and dated by the artist.

DATE: 1963

MEDIUM: Gelatin silver print

DIMENSIONS: (FRAMED) 17.25 inches (width) x 20.5 inches (height) x 1.5 inches (depth) ; Frame: 0.25 inch (face)

FRAMING: Black frame, white mat

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