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Telephone Wires

Artist Harry Callahan (American, 1912 - 1999)
Dateca. 1950s
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 10 1/2 × 10 5/8 inches (26.67 × 26.99 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.866
SignedSigned on sheet verso, upper right, in pencil: "Harry Callahan"
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, top, in pencil: "MULTIPLES ABSTRACTION/11X14/009 LLP", "HC-553.1-FLP"; On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "P5.008-317-01", "2005.27.866"
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DescriptionImage of telephone wires stretching diagonally from the edges of the frame and intersecting at the top center.
Copyright© The Estate of Harry M. Callahan. Courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York
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