Cattails Against Sky
Artist
Harry Callahan
(American, 1912 - 1999)
Date1948
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 11/16 × 9 5/8 inches (24.61 × 24.45 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/4 × 9 11/16 inches (24.77 × 24.61 cm)
Mount: 9 3/4 × 9 11/16 inches (24.77 × 24.61 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/4 × 9 11/16 inches (24.77 × 24.61 cm)
Mount: 9 3/4 × 9 11/16 inches (24.77 × 24.61 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.772
SignedSigned on mount verso, top center, in pencil: "Harry Callahan"
InscribedOn mount verso, top center, in pencil: "#91 in show / Cattails Against Sky 1948"
MarkingsOn mount verso, top right corner, in pencil: "Acc:8-91-64";
On mount verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "P5.008.091.64"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of narrow leaves that twist and rise vertically with some extending off the top of the frame; the dark forms are roughly centered in the frame.Copyright© The Estate of Harry Callahan. Courtesy Pace Gallery, New York.
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