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Artist Harry Callahan (American, 1912 - 1999)
Date1950
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 7/16 × 9 9/16 inches (16.35 × 24.29 cm)
Sheet: 6 9/16 × 9 11/16 inches (16.67 × 24.61 cm)
Mount: 6 9/16 × 9 11/16 inches (16.67 × 24.61 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.151
SignedSigned on mount verso, top center, in pencil: "Harry Callahan"
InscribedOn mount verso, top center, in pencil: "#21 in show / Chicago [underlined], 1950"
MarkingsOn mount verso, top right corner, in pencil: "Acc. 8-21-64"; On mount verso, center right, in pencil: "82" [circled]
On View
Not on view
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DescriptionImage of a woman's face in three-quarter profile; light shines on the back of her head and her face is in shadow.
Copyright© The Estate of Harry M. Callahan. Courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York
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