Multiple Exposure Trees, Detroit

c. 1942

Harry Callahan

Associated Names
Harry Callahan

Artist, American, 1912 - 1999

The image shows overlapping dark and light leaf patterns against a neutral background, creating a tapestry of organic forms. The shapes come together in an abstract manner, with dark silhouettes contrasting with lighter, translucent layers. The clusters of leaves resemble intricate lacework or porous patterns, with branches trailing off into a blurred depth and texture.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print mounted on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Collectors Committee

  • Dimensions

    overall (sheet, trimmed to image): 8.4 x 11.3 cm (3 5/16 x 4 7/16 in.)
    mount: 9.21 x 12.07 cm (3 5/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
    mat: 27.94 x 35.56 cm (11 x 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.139.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, NY); purchased by the Collectors Committee for the NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1992

  • Dürer to Diebenkorn: Recent Acquisitions of Art of Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992, no. 79.

1996

  • Harry Callahan, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Philadelphia Museum of Art; High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1996-1997.

1999

  • Photographs from the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999.

Bibliography

1996

  • Greenough 1996, p. 23.

Wikidata ID

Q64154733

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