Chicago
Artist
Harry Callahan
(American, 1912 - 1999)
Date1948
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 5/8 × 9 5/8 inches (19.37 × 24.45 cm)
Sheet: 7 11/16 × 9 11/16 inches (19.53 × 24.61 cm)
Mount: 7 11/16 × 9 11/16 inches (19.53 × 24.61 cm)
Sheet: 7 11/16 × 9 11/16 inches (19.53 × 24.61 cm)
Mount: 7 11/16 × 9 11/16 inches (19.53 × 24.61 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.750
SignedSigned on mount verso, top center, in pencil: "Harry Callahan"
InscribedOn mount verso, top center, in pencil: "#70 in show / Chicago 1948"
MarkingsOn mount verso, top right corner, in pencil: "Acc:8-70-64";
On mount verso, center right, in pencil, circled: "104"
On mount verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "P5.008.070.64"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of the tops of parked cars with a brick wall filling most of the frame.Gallery LabelCallahan took up photography seriously in 1941, influenced equally by the purism of Ansel Adams and the experimental approach of László Moholy-Nagy. Central to all his work is a respect for the integrity of the photographic process itself, and a desire to explore the many ways in which the camera is capable of interpreting— and inventing—the world. The unconventional composition of this image epitomizes Callahan’s experimental vision, striking a delicate balance between realism and abstraction.
Copyright© The Estate of Harry M. Callahan. Courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York
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