Chicago

1948

Harry Callahan

Associated Names
Harry Callahan

Artist, American, 1912 - 1999

The image shows a large brick wall filling most of the frame, viewed from a slightly elevated angle. The horizon is low, with parked cars at the bottom. The wall dominates the background with a uniform pattern of small bricks. The tops of cars are visible at the bottom of the image. A small square vent breaks the wall's surface in the upper left. The image is in black and white, highlighting the scene's starkness and simplicity with emphasis on geometric shapes and patterns.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print mounted on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill

  • Dimensions

    overall (sheet, trimmed to image): 19.1 x 24.2 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
    mat: 35.56 x 45.72 cm (14 x 18 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.91.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Susan and Peter MacGill, New York; gift to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

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

  • The American Century: Art and Culture, 1900-2000, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 22 April - 22 August 1999.

Bibliography

1996

  • Greenough 1996, p. 62.

Inscriptions

on mount, center verso in graphite: Harry Callahan; by later hand, on mount, upper left verso in graphite: C

Wikidata ID

Q64154768

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