Perspective Distortion: Building Facade and Blue Sky, Atlanta

1977, printed 1979

Harry Callahan

Associated Names
Harry Callahan

Artist, American, 1912 - 1999

This is a photograph of a multi-story building with art deco architectural elements. The building has a uniform light-colored stone facade with evenly spaced windows creating a rhythmic pattern. The windows are set back into the building, some with ornate decorative stonework above them. The image also shows a sidewalk running parallel to the building. The scene is captured under a clear blue sky.
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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 Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom left: 1980.105.15; by unknown hand, bottom right corner: #30

Wikidata ID

Q64154923

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