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A black and white photograph of a building with an entry porch and several windows.

The black and white photograph shows a portion of a light colored building with a dark entry porch over a door and two smaller windows. There is a light behind the window on the right which shows a design of small square and a diamond shape in the center. There are two larger windows on either side. There is a large window centered over the porch on the floor above. It has a large center window flanked by two narrower windows. There are windows on either side of the center arrangement of windows. There are dark decorative panels above the windows, a square that rises to a center peak.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
P2000.155
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/165418

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 24.2 x 30.6 cm (9 1/2 x 12 1/16 in.)
sheet: 27.8 x 35.3 cm (10 15/16 x 13 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: recto, below b.r. corner of image, in graphite: Harry Callahan
  • inscription: recto, lower right, graphite, in artist's hand: Harry Callahan
  • inscription: verso, upper center, graphite: S-36 [crossed out] EM -39

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
P2000.155
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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