Eleanor, Port Huron

1942

Harry Callahan

Associated Names
Harry Callahan

Artist, American, 1912 - 1999

The image shows a close-up view of a person's arm from the shoulder to the wrist. The arm is resting on sand, with no other objects in sight. The background is sandy, with shadows being cast by the arm due to bright lighting, likely from the sun.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Callahan Family

  • Dimensions

    image: 8.7 x 11.5 cm (3 7/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 10.2 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.95.16

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.

2007

  • Harry Callahan: Eleanor, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 2007 - 2008, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1996

  • Greenough 1996, p. 16.

2007

  • Harry Callahan: Eleanor. Exh. cat., High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Unknown Venue; Unknown Venue; Unknown Venue. Atlanta, 2007.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, upper center in graphite: HC; by later hand, upper right in graphite: c. 43

Wikidata ID

Q64154786

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