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A black and white photograph of a brick building with multiple windows.

The black and white photograph shows a portion of a building with rows of windows with multiple small panes. There are four rows of windows, in the center at the bottom edge is a set of double doors also with multiple small panes. To the left and right of the set of doors are two windows. In the other three rows there are five windows made up from the left, of three large windows, one small window and one large window. Slightly off center to the right are two small windows that are set even with the wall spaces between the first and second rows of windows.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
P2000.152
People
Harry Callahan, American (Detroit, Michigan 1912 - 1999)
Title
New York
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1945, printed later
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, New York State
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/165408

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 16.8 x 21.2 cm (6 5/8 x 8 3/8 in.)
sheet: 20.2 x 25.2 cm (7 15/16 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, in artist's hand: Harry Callahan EM 34

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Eugene P. and Barbara J. Polk, Prescott, Arizonta, 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
P2000.152
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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