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Artist Harry Callahan (American, 1912 - 1999)
Date1963
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 9/16 × 9 3/8 inches (24.29 × 23.81 cm)
Sheet: 9 11/16 × 9 9/16 inches (24.61 × 24.29 cm)
Mount: 9 11/16 × 9 9/16 inches (24.61 × 24.29 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.897
SignedSigned on mount verso, top center, in pencil: "Harry Callahan"
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn mount verso, lower right, in pencil: "19" [circled and crossed out]; On mount verso, bottom edge, in pencil: "76.917" , "8-138-64" , "#138 HALLMARK" , "P5.008.138.64"
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionImage of multi-story homes with laundry hanging to dry across a clothes line in the center of the image. In front of the homes there is a row of bushes behind a chain-link fence.
Copyright© The Estate of Harry M. Callahan. Courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York
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