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Telephone Wires

Artist Harry Callahan (American, 1912 - 1999)
Dateca. 1950s
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 10 5/8 × 10 9/16 inches (26.99 × 26.83 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.867
SignedSigned on sheet verso, center, in pencil: "Harry Callahan"
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, top, in pencil: "MULTIPLES ABSTRACTION/11X14/007 LLP", "HC-722.FLP"; On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "P5.008-318-01", "2005.27.867"
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DescriptionImage of telephone wires stretching diagonally from the lower right corner towards the top of the frame. Several smaller wires stretch across the bottom corners.
Copyright© The Estate of Harry Callahan. Courtesy Pace Gallery, New York.
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