Barbara, Providence
Artist
Harry Callahan
(American, 1912 - 1999)
Date1963
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 9/16 × 9 7/16 inches (24.29 × 23.97 cm)
Sheet: 9 5/8 × 9 9/16 inches (24.45 × 24.29 cm)
Mount: 9 5/8 × 9 9/16 inches (24.45 × 24.29 cm)
Sheet: 9 5/8 × 9 9/16 inches (24.45 × 24.29 cm)
Mount: 9 5/8 × 9 9/16 inches (24.45 × 24.29 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.877
SignedSigned on mount verso, top center, in pencil: "Harry Callahan"
InscribedOn mount verso, top center, in pencil: "#99 in show / Barbara, Providence 1963"
MarkingsOn mount verso, top left corner, in green pen: "31 1/2";
On mount verso center, in green pen: "1 col x3 / Sun. Arts events";
On mount verso, top right corner, in pencil: "28" [circled], / "Acc:8-99-64";
On mount verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "P5.008.099.64"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of young woman with dark hair that curls up at her shoulders. She looks down towards the left corner with a neutral expression. The left half of her face is darkened by shadows.Exhibition HistoryRotation 25. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 19, 2018- March 17, 2019, no cat.
Throughout his career, Harry Callahan used his wife, Eleanor, and their daughter, Barbara, as models. This intimate portrait of Barbara with a pensive expression suggests the inner emotional life of a girl on the cusp of becoming a young woman.
Copyright© The Estate of Harry Callahan. Courtesy Pace Gallery, New York.
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