Eleanor, Chicago

Artist Harry Callahan (American, 1912 - 1999)

Dateca. 1952; printed ca. 1980

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 8 × 9 15/16 inches (20.32 × 25.24 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.160

SignedSigned on sheet recto, lower right, in pencil: "Harry Callahan"

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "8-116-80", "EM-9"

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DescriptionImage of a small nude figure surrounded by darkness. The figure faces away from the viewer and one leg is raised in front so that it is not visible.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Harry Callahan: Photographs. Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS, January 17 - March 1, 1981, no cat.

New Acquisitions to the Hallmark Photographic Collection, 1980-1983. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, April 1 – May 1, 1983.

Harry Callahan: Photographs. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, August 28 - October 16, 1983, no cat.

Harry Callahan. Columbus College, Columbus, GA, September 23 - October 9, 1987, no cat.

The Art of Photography: One Hundred and Fifty Years, 1939-1989. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 11 - April 30, 1989, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, June 17 - August 27, 1989, Royal Academy of Arts, London, September 23 - December 23, 1989, no. 352.

Photographs: Harry Callahan. Gallery of Fine Arts, Daytona Beach Community College, Daytona Beach, FL, October 8 - November 7, 1990, no cat.

Harry Callahan: Photographs. The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT, March 30 - April 25, 1992.

Harry Callahan. Les Rencontres d'Arles, July 6 - August 15, 1993, no cat.

Harry Callahan. Fundación “la Caixa,” Madrid, June-July 2000, Instituto de América, Centro Damiàn Bayón, Granada, September-October 2000, San Esteban, Murcia, Spain, November-December 2000, Fundación “la Caixa” en las Islas Baleares, Palma, Spain, February-April 2001.

Harry Callahan. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 9 - October 21, 2007, no cat.

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