Cattails Against Sky

Artist Harry Callahan (American, 1912 - 1999)

Date1948

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 9 3/4 × 9 11/16 inches (24.77 × 24.61 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/4 × 9 3/4 inches (24.77 × 24.77 cm)
Mount: 9 3/4 × 9 3/4 inches (24.77 × 24.77 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.761

SignedSigned on mount verso, top center, in pencil: "Harry Callahan"

InscribedOn mount verso, top center, in pencil: "#88 in show / Cattails Against Sky, 1948"

MarkingsOn mount verso, top right corner, in pencil: "Acc: 8-88-64"; On mount verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "P5.008.088.64"

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DescriptionImage of narrow leaves that twist and rise vertically with some extending off the top of the frame; the dark forms are contrasted against a bright white background.

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