Highland Park, Michigan

1941-1942

Harry Callahan

Associated Names
Harry Callahan

Artist, American, 1912 - 1999

The image shows an urban stairway integrated into a building facade. The composition features a concrete structure intersecting with industrial brick walls. The staircase cuts diagonally through the scene, beginning at the lower right and rising upward to the left. The concrete wall is divided into sections of different shades, likely from weathering. A large lamp post is on the left, and a street with a well-paved road is visible in the foreground. A small patch of vegetation can be seen at the bottom, with a pale gray sky overhead creating a monochromatic tone.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Callahan Family

  • Dimensions

    image: 8.89 x 11.75 cm (3 1/2 x 4 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)
    mat (matted with 2011.95.11 and 2011.95.12): 50.8 x 30.48 cm (20 x 12 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.95.10

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Callahan family, Atlanta, GA; gift to NGA, 2011.

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.

Bibliography

1996

  • Greenough 1996, p. 19.

Inscriptions

on verso, by artist, along left side, in blue ink: Callahan; by later hand, upper center in graphite: S-41

Wikidata ID

Q64154780

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