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Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
Through September 5
Exhibitions & Events
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Celebrating American art and artists
Art & Artists
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Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Port Huron, Michigan

1952

Harry Callahan

Associated Names

Harry Callahan

Artist, American, 1912 - 1999

The image shows a dense array of vertical and diagonal lines, creating a complex pattern of black and white contrasts. The lines form an abstract composition resembling a thick forest or tall grasses, with interplay of light and shadow. Shapes hint at leaves, stems, and undergrowth intertwined intricately.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Gift of Stephen G. Stein
Dimensions

image/sheet: 14.92 × 19.05 cm (5 7/8 × 7 1/2 in.)
mount: 45.72 × 50.8 cm (18 × 20 in.)
Accession Number

2022.146.12

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco); Stephen G. Stein, Washington, DC, March 2012; gift to NGA, 2022.

Associated Names

Stein, Stephen G.

Inscriptions

signed by artist, on mount, lower right below in graphite: Harry Callahan

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