Eleanor, Chicago

c. 1953

Harry Callahan

Associated Names
Harry Callahan

Artist, American, 1912 - 1999

The image shows a woman standing in front of a large pole. She is wearing a headscarf and a dark coat, with one arm crossing in front of her body. The background features a street with cobblestones, a large curved-roof industrial building, a tall concrete wall, and two vintage cars parked along the curb on either side of the pole.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Callahan Family

  • Dimensions

    overall (image): 19.5 x 24.5 cm (7 11/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 20.32 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 in.)
    mat: 35.56 x 45.72 cm (14 x 18 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.95.20

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. 91.

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right, on sheet below image, in graphite: Harry Callahan; on verso, upper center in graphite: #692

Wikidata ID

Q64154792

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