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Weeds Against the Sky, Detroit

Artist Harry Callahan (American, 1912 - 1999)
Date1948
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 13/16 × 7 9/16 inches (19.84 × 19.21 cm)
Mount: 7 13/16 × 7 9/16 inches (19.84 × 19.21 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.130
SignedSigned on mount verso, top center, in pencil: "Harry Callahan"
InscribedOn mount verso, top center, in pencil: "#109 in show / Weeds Against Sky, Detroit [underlined] 1948"
MarkingsOn mount verso, top right corner, in pencil: "Acc: 8-109-64"; On mount verso, center right, in pencil: "121" [circled]
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DescriptionAbstract image of a weed with a thin base the breaks into three segments - two with small round balls at the ends; as seen against a stark white background.
Copyright© The Estate of Harry M. Callahan. Courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York
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