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A black and white photograph of seven different views through the same archway.

The black and white photograph shows seven different views through the same arch. The images are arranged with three above, one in the center, and three below. The images show a portion of the wall and roof of the tunnel which forms the arch and a portion of a building. In the top, on the left three cars and a person’s arm are visible, in the middle image are two cars and a person’s arm, in the upper right are cars with a person standing next to the car in the center. The center image shows two people walking. The bottom left shows three cars, the center image shows a figure in a long coat, the lower right image shows a person in a long coat with their back to the viewer.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2018.221
People
Harry Callahan, American (Detroit, Michigan 1912 - 1999)
Title
Chicago
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1948
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/362183

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet: 25.4 × 20.3 cm (10 × 8 in.)
image: 18.1 × 17.9 cm (7 1/8 × 7 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r., in graphite: Harry Callahan
  • inscription: On verso, in graphite: 148

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Richard L. Menschel, gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2018

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Richard and Ronay Menschel
Copyright
© Estate of Harry Callahan, Courtesy of Pace Gallery
Accession Year
2018
Object Number
2018.221
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, 10/04/2021 - 04/18/2022

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