Object number2017.35.3
Eleanor, Chicago
Date1949
Artist
Harry Callahan
(American, 1912-1999)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print, printed no later than 1987
DimensionsSheet: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Image: 7 × 6 1/4 in. (17.8 × 15.9 cm)
Image: 7 × 6 1/4 in. (17.8 × 15.9 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, by unidentified hand, lower left corner in pencil: FLLAC 2017.35.3
BibliographyCallahan, Harry M., and Sherman. Paul. Harry Callahan. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1967, p. 18; Szarkowski, John. Callahan. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1976, p. 59; Callahan, 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. 32; Salvesen, Britt, Harry Callahan: The Photographer at Work. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006, p. 161; Lombino, Mary-Kay. Shape of Light: Defining Photographs from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center. Poughkeepsie, NY: Vassar College, 2019, p. 27 ProvenanceGift of Richard and Ronay MenschelVassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryShape of Light: Defining Photographs from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, September 20 - December 15, 2019DescriptionImage of a woman with her head above water with her eyes closed and dark hair, dry, with the ends floating in the water
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