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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P2000.153
People
Harry Callahan, American (Detroit, Michigan 1912 - 1999)
Title
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/165403

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 19.4 x 24.5 cm (7 5/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
sheet: 20.3 x 25.2 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto, lower right, graphite or black ink, in artist's hand: Harry Callahan
  • inscription: verso, upper center, graphite: MOMA I 33
  • inscription: verso, left center, oriented vertically, graphite: EM - 37

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
P2000.153
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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