Object number2000.38.4

Wells Street, Chicago

Date1949

Artist Harry Callahan (American, 1912-1999)

CultureAmerican

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 6 11/16 x 7 1/16 in. (17 x 18 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/16 x 8 1/4 in. (18 x 21 cm)
Matted: 16 x 22 in. (40.6 x 55.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Barbara and Gene Polk

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Photograph

SignedOn recto, signed lower right margin in pencil: Harry Callahan; on verso, signed upper center edge: Harry Callahan

InscribedOn verso, by artist, upper right edge in pencil: EM 38; by unidentified hand, lower right corner: FLLAC 2000.38.4

BibliographyCallahan, Harry M., and Sherman. Paul. Harry Callahan. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1967, p. 32; Greenough, Sarah, and Harry M. Callahan. Harry Callahan. 1st ed. Washington, D.C: National Gallery of Art, 1996, p. 47; Szarkowski, John. Callahan. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1976, p. 81 ProvenanceGift of Barbara and Gene Polk
DescriptionImage of the façade of a building with eight boarded up windows or windows with broken glass, and two metal terraces

Terms

Chicago

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