Chicago

1958

Harry Callahan

Associated Names
Harry Callahan

Artist, American, 1912 - 1999

This is a photograph of an urban street scene. It features a central light source illuminating a small section of the street, casting shadows to the sides. A street lamp is visible in the center, beneath a sign that says "PARK." The majority of the photo is dark, highlighting the silhouettes of cars and pedestrians crossing the street.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print mounted on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Collectors Committee

  • Dimensions

    overall: 13.2 x 20 cm (5 3/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.139.7

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

PaceWildensteinMacGill Gallery, New York, NY; purchased with donated funds from the Collectors Committee by NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1996

  • Harry Callahan, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Philadelphia Museum of Art; High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1996-1997.

Bibliography

1964

  • Photographs: Harry Callahan. Santa Barbara [California], 1964: pl. 45.

1976

  • Callahan. New York, 1976: pl. 129.

1977

  • Brody, Jacqueline. "Harry Callahan: Questions." The Print Collector's Newsletter 7 (January-February 1977): 174.

1980

  • Gee, Helen. Photography of the Fifties: An American Perspective. Exh. cat. Center for Creative Photography. Tucson, 1980: p. 65.

1996

  • Greenough 1996, p. 120.

Inscriptions

on mount, center right in graphite: Harry Callahan; on verso, by unknown hand, center in black pencil: 198

Wikidata ID

Q64154739

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