Randolph Street, Chicago
Artist
Harry Callahan
(American, 1912 - 1999)
Date1956
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 3/16 × 12 9/16 inches (20.8 × 31.91 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 inches (27.94 × 35.4 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 inches (27.94 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.812
SignedSigned on sheet recto, lower right, in pencil: "Harry Callahan"
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, top, in pencil: "MOMA I PAGE 40";
On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "8-167-80", "P5.008.167.80"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionMultiple exposure image of overlapping figures in profile near the center of the frame. They walk along a gray-toned path with a dark nondescript background.Gallery LabelPedestrians lost in thought were frequent subjects for Harry Callahan. To create this photograph of intersecting pedestrians on a Chicago sidewalk, he took three different photographs without advancing the film in his camera. This technique, called multiple exposure, overlaps each image onto a single film negative, creating the ghostly impression of three converging figures. Callahan used this technique to express the psychological experience of walking in the city alone, but together.
Hallmark Cards Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1980;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City,
MO, 2005.
Copyright© The Estate of Harry Callahan. Courtesy Pace Gallery, New York.
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