Cape Cod

1972

Harry Callahan

Associated Names
Harry Callahan

Artist, American, 1912 - 1999

The image displays an aerial view of a beach with people on the sandy shore and boats in the water. The horizon is visible along with the sea stretching into the distance. People on the sand, some lying down and others standing or walking. Shadows of the figures and beach umbrellas are visible. The scene is in grayscale, showing the contrasts between light and shadow. The textures of sand and water are sharp and in focus.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Joyce and Robert B. Menschel

  • Dimensions

    overall (image): 23.7 x 23.9 cm (9 5/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.94 x 31.75 cm (11 x 12 1/2 in.)
    mat: 50.8 x 40.64 cm (20 x 16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.93.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joyce and Robert Menschel, New York; gift to NGA, 1994.

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.

2017

  • Posing for the Camera: Gifts from Robert B. Menschel, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2017 - 2018, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1980

  • Water's Edge. Lyme [Connecticut], 1980: pl. 35.

1996

  • Greenough 1996, p. 153.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Harry Callahan; upper center verso in graphite: Harry Callahan

Wikidata ID

Q64154755

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