Cape Cod

Artist Harry Callahan (American, 1912 - 1999)

Date1972

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 8 9/16 × 8 15/16 inches (21.75 × 22.7 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 11 9/16 inches (27.94 × 29.37 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.815

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

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn sheet verso, top, in pencil: "S-189"; On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "8-171-80", "P5.008.171.80"

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DescriptionImage taken from above of figures lying on the beach and small boats floating in the water.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

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

At the Water’s Edge: American Beach Photography. Museum of Fine Art, Tampa, FL, December 3, 1989 – February 11, 1990, no cat.

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

Essential Elements: The Photography of Harry Callahan. Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, November 2, 1994- January 8, 1995, 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.

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