Cape Cod

1972

Harry Callahan

Associated Names
Harry Callahan

Artist, American, 1912 - 1999

The image shows a beach scene with sand meeting the water. The horizon is high in the top part of the image, meeting the water below. Close to us, sunbathers are on the sand, with some under umbrellas. Shadows are cast across the sand. In the water, there are small boats and swimmers. The color palette is monochrome, and there are textures in the sand and water.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Joyce and Robert B. Menschel

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.1 x 23.7 cm (9 1/8 x 9 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.8 x 29 cm (10 15/16 x 11 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.93.4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

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.36.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Harry Callahan; by later hand, upper center verso in graphite: WE 36

Wikidata ID

Q64154756

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