Eleanor and Barbara (nudes), Chicago

1953, printed 1979

Harry Callahan

Associated Names
Harry Callahan

Artist, American, 1912 - 1999

This photograph shows an adult woman and a child from behind. They are both standing in front of a window. The woman in the center has her dark hair pulled back, and the child near the bottom right corner has short, tousled brown hair, and is only visible from the shoulder blades-up. They are both nude and have pale skin. They are holding hands, the woman's right hand and the child's left hand, as they move towards the brightly lit window, through which diffused light enters the room, creating a soft glow. The woman has her right leg raised as she steps through the window. The room has plain, light brown walls on the left and right.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Richard W. and Susan R. Gessner, Massillon, OH; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (through Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York and Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco), 1980; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right below image in graphite: Harry Callahan; on verso, by unknown hand, top left corner: D14 / L18; vertical along bottom left corner in orange pencil: 10; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom left corner in graphite: 1980.105.9; by unknown hand, bottom right corner: #14

Wikidata ID

Q64154922

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