Object number2017.35.2
Eleanor, Chicago
Date1951
Artist
Harry Callahan
(American, 1912-1999)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print, printed no later than 1987
DimensionsSheet: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Image: 5 3/4 × 7 1/4 in. (14.6 × 18.4 cm)
Image: 5 3/4 × 7 1/4 in. (14.6 × 18.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Richard and Ronay Menschel
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn recto, signed lower right margin in pencil: Harry Callahan; on verso, signed upper center edge: Harry Callahan
InscribedOn verso, possibly by artist, upper center edge in pencil: EM19; lower left edge: FLLAC2017.35.2
BibliographyCallahan, Harry M., and Sherman. Paul. Harry Callahan. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1967, p. 12; Salvesen, Britt, Harry Callahan: The Photographer at Work (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006), p. 90, repr.; Salvesen, Britt., and Harry M. Callahan. Harry Callahan: the Photographer at Work. Tucson: Center for Creative Photography, 2006, p. 90; Szarkowski, John. Callahan. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1976, p. 100
ProvenanceGift of Richard and Ronay MenschelDescriptionImage of a thatch of trees and branches with a small double exposure of a shadow of a nude woman in front of a window at center
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