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Barbara, Chicago

Artist Harry Callahan (American, 1912 - 1999)
Date1952
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 11/16 × 6 9/16 inches (16.99 × 16.67 cm)
Sheet: 6 15/16 × 6 3/4 inches (17.62 × 17.15 cm)
Mount: 6 15/16 × 6 3/4 inches (17.62 × 17.15 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.766
SignedSigned on mount verso, top center, in pencil: "Harry Callahan"
InscribedOn mount verso, top center, in pencil: "#92 in show / Barbara, Chicago 1952"
MarkingsOn mount verso, top right corner, in pencil: "Acc:8-92-64"; On mount verso, top right corner, in pencil, circled: "55"; On mount verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "P5.008.092.64"
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DescriptionImage of a young child wearing a nightgown as she stands on a chair. Light streams in from the right leaving the left half of the frame in darkness.
Copyright© The Estate of Harry Callahan. Courtesy Pace Gallery, New York.
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