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A black and white photograph of a white building with windows and two metal platforms.

The black and white photograph shows a portion of a white building. There are two rows of eight windows. The top row of windows have triangular decorations above that are part of the building. The top row of windows are damaged, the first from the left has a broken pane, the second has a door inserted in the frame, the third is boarded up and the bottom of the fourth is boarded up. The lower row windows are also damaged, the first and second from the left have broken panes, the third and fourth are partially boarded up. The metal platforms are attached beneath the third and fourth windows on the right.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
P2000.154
People
Harry Callahan, American (Detroit, Michigan 1912 - 1999)
Title
Wells Street, Chicago
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1949, printed later
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Illinois, Chicago
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/100438

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 16.4 x 17.7 cm (6 7/16 x 6 15/16 in.)
sheet: 17.3 x 20.9 cm (6 13/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto, lower right, graphite or black ink, in artist's hand: Harry Callahan
  • inscription: verso, upper center, graphite, in artist's hand: Harry Callahan EM 38

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Eugene P. and Barbara J. Polk, Prescott, Arizona, gift to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2001.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Eugene P. and Barbara J. Polk
Copyright
© Estate of Harry Callahan, Courtesy of Pace Gallery
Accession Year
2000
Object Number
P2000.154
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1110 Mid-Century Abstraction II (Post-Painterly Abstraction), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/12/2019 - 10/07/2019

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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