Cattails Against Sky
Artist
Harry Callahan
(American, 1912 - 1999)
Date1948
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and 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)
Mount: 9 3/4 × 9 3/4 inches (24.77 × 24.77 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.762
SignedSigned on mount verso, top center, in pencil: "Harry Callahan"
InscribedOn mount verso, top center, in pencil: "#89 in show / Cattails Against Sky 1948"
MarkingsOn mount verso, top right corner, in pencil: "Acc: 8-89-64";
On mount verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "P5.008.089.64"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of narrow leaves silhouetted against a bright white background; a shorter lone leaf is near the center.Copyright© The Estate of Harry Callahan. Courtesy Pace Gallery, New York.
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