Ragsdale Beauty Shop/Poodle Cut, Detroit

1951

Harry Callahan

Associated Names
Harry Callahan

Artist, American, 1912 - 1999

This is a photograph of the exterior of a beauty shop. The image captures the entrance of "Ragsdale Beauty Shop," featuring a traditional barber pole with red and white spirals on the left, glowing with light as it stands in front of a wooden door marked with the number "618." Above the door, there is a matching light fixture bearing the same number which illuminates the scene. To the right, a vibrant neon sign hangs in a window, advertising the beauty shop in blue and pink hues, complementing the warm glow of the surrounding lights. Below the neon signage, an additional sign advertises services like a "Poodle Cut" and "Cold Wave Permanent" for $2.95.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon; purchase and gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

artist's signature, lower right under image; on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: D[?] / L 12; by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: PF45847; by unknown hand, lower right in graphite: 500:5:95.15

Wikidata ID

Q64154895

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