Object number1999.51.5
Eleanor and Barbara, Lake Michigan
Date1953
Artist
Harry Callahan
(American, 1912-1999)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/2 x 9 7/16 in. (19 x 24 cm)
Sheet: 7 7/8 x 9 13/16 in. (20 x 25 cm)
Matted: 14 x 17 in. (35.6 x 43.2 cm)
Sheet: 7 7/8 x 9 13/16 in. (20 x 25 cm)
Matted: 14 x 17 in. (35.6 x 43.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Barbara and Gene Polk
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn recto, signed lower right margin in pencil: Harry Callahan
InscribedOn verso, possibly by artist, upper center edge in pencil: S-195; by unidentified hand, lower right corner: FLLAC 1999.51.5
BibliographyCallahan, Harry M. and A. R Ammons. Water's Edge. Stewarts Corner Lyme Conn. New York N.Y: Callaway Editions; Distributed by the Viking Press, 1980, pl. 33; Greenough, Sarah, and Harry M. Callahan. Harry Callahan. 1st ed. Washington, D.C: National Gallery of Art, 1996, p. 101; Salvesen, Britt., and Harry M. Callahan. Harry Callahan: the Photographer at Work. Tucson: Center for Creative Photography, 2006, p. 94; Szarkowski, John. Callahan. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1976, p. 195 ProvenanceGift of Barbara and Gene PolkDescriptionImage of a woman and a child standing in the middle of a lake; a man wades through the water at far left
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