Morocco

1981

Harry Callahan

Associated Names
Harry Callahan

Artist, American, 1912 - 1999

This is a photograph of a building with several blue shutters and doors against a terracotta wall. The building's façade is dominated by a pastel terracotta color, featuring multiple blue doors at the ground level, each with a metallic texture, contrasted with matching blue window shutters on the upper level. The windows are adorned with intricate wrought iron grills. Piping and electrical meters are visibly mounted on the wall. The sunlight casts sharp shadows on the ground.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    dye imbibition print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Collectors Committee

  • Dimensions

    overall (image): 24.2 x 36.7 cm (9 1/2 x 14 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 35.56 x 45.09 cm (14 x 17 3/4 in.)
    mat: 40.64 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.103.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist, Atlanta, GA; purchased with donated funds from the Collectors Committee by NGA, 1996.

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

1996

  • Greenough 1996, p. 171.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Harry Callahan; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: C-20

Wikidata ID

Q64154820

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