Providence

1977

Harry Callahan

Associated Names
Harry Callahan

Artist, American, 1912 - 1999

The image shows a residential neighborhood captured from ground level. The buildings on each side create an angular perspective, leading through the narrow alleyway. The focus remains on the residential structures. The house on the left is yellow with vertically aligned windows and a slanted roof. The house on the right is blue. Close vegetation includes bushes, a small tree, and two fences hinting at a backyard. The middle and background show more blue-toned buildings. The sky is clear, casting sharp shadows with a balanced color palette of pastels and earth tones. Natural lighting enhances details and shadows.
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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. David C. Ruttenberg, Ruttenberg Arts Foundation, Chicago, Illinois; gift to 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. 89.

1996

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

Bibliography

1980

  • Harry Callahan: Color. Providence [Rhode Island], 1980: pl. 73.

1981

  • Eauclaire, Sally. The New Color Photography. New York, 1981: pl. 48.

  • Grover, Jan Zita. "Callahan Collected." Afterimage 8 (March 1981): 5.

1996

  • Greenough 1996, p. 154.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Harry Callahan; on verso, by unknown hand, lower right in graphite: #31

Wikidata ID

Q64154742

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