Selected Images from Harlem Document, 1932–1940

In the early 1980s, Light Gallery offered several sets of modern prints of Aaron Siskind's socially motivated Harlem Document project. Each of the sets consisted of thirty prints. While individual photographs from the set were sold, it is believed that only a few of the complete sets were sold at the time. As such, the complete suite of 30 prints, such as the set offered here, is quite rare.

The plates are as follows:
1. Boy's Head, Harlem, 1932
2. Street Scene 3, Harlem, 1935
3. Boys in Empty Tenement, Harlem, 1935
4. Façade, Unoccupied Building, Harlem, 1937
5. Street Scene 4, Harlem, 1937
6. Street Market, Harlem, 1937
7. 'Peace meals', Harlem, 1937
8. Wishing Tree, Harlem, 1937
9. Brothers, Harlem, ca. 1937
10. Girl with Clothes Form, Harlem, 1937
11. Kitchen Scene, Harlem, 1937
12. Lady in Kitchen, Harlem, 1937
13. Night club, Harlem, 1937
14. Apollo Theatre, Harlem, ca. 1937
15. Lafayette Theatre 1, Harlem, 1937
16. Lafayette Theatre 2, Harlem, 1938
17. Church Interior, Harlem
18. Facades, Harlem, 1938
19. Grocery Store, Harlem, 1940
20. Watermelon Man, Harlem, 1940
21. Street Scene 1, Harlem, 1940
22. Street Scene 2, Harlem, 1940
23. Backyard, Harlem, 1940
24. Airshaft, Harlem, 1940
25. Bedroom Through Doorway, Harlem, 1940
26. Man in Bed, Harlem, 1940
27. Lady and Lamp, Harlem, 1940
28. Man with Lamp, Harlem, 1940.
29. Man by Bed, Harlem, 1940
30. Man in Mirror, Harlem, 1940