Eleanor, Chicago

Artist Harry Callahan (American, 1912 - 1999)

Date1951

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 3 11/16 × 4 11/16 inches (9.37 × 11.91 cm)
Mount: 13 15/16 × 11 inches (35.4 × 27.94 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.885

SignedSigned on mount verso, center, in blue pen: "Harry Callahan"

InscribedOn mount verso, lower left, in pencil: "Callahan, Double Exposure, c.1956"

MarkingsOn mount verso, center, in blue pencil: "Box 1H"; On mount verso, upper left corner, in pencil: "22" [circled]; On mount verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "P5.008.280.88"

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DescriptionMultiple exposure image of a tiny silhouetted figure standing with arms outstretched. The figure is in the middle of a dense area of spindly bare branches.

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