P2000.155: Chicago
PhotographsThe 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
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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
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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
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- 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
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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
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- 32Q: 1110 , Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/12/2019 - 10/07/2019
Subjects and Contexts
- The Bauhaus
Verification Level
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