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Light Abstraction

Artist Harry Callahan (American, 1912 - 1999)
Date1946
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 4 9/16 × 4 3/8 inches (11.59 × 11.11 cm)
Mount: 11 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (29.21 × 26.67 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.850
SignedSigned on mount verso, upper left corner, in black pen: "Harry M. Callahan / 1946"
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn mount verso, bottom, in pencil: "HC31940B" / "8-303-99"; On mount verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "P5.008.303.99"
On View
Not on view
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DescriptionImage of a black background with small scribbled light lines in the center.
Copyright© The Estate of Harry Callahan. Courtesy Pace Gallery, New York.
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