Portugal

1982

Harry Callahan

Associated Names
Harry Callahan

Artist, American, 1912 - 1999

This is a photograph of a street scene with old buildings featuring ornate facades. The central building has a distinctive tile pattern across its facade, with wrought iron Juliet balconies and partially closed shutters. The building to the left has ageing plaster. The street level has large windows and doors that could be shopfronts, and there is a black, circular traffic sign on a pole in the foreground. The scene is lit by bright daylight casting long shadows. The sky is clear and blue.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    dye imbibition print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Callahan Family

  • Dimensions

    overall (image): 24.3 x 36.7 cm (9 9/16 x 14 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 35.56 x 45.72 cm (14 x 18 in.)
    mat: 40.64 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.95.41

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1996

  • Harry Callahan, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1997.

Bibliography

1996

  • Greenough 1996, p. 167.

Inscriptions

signed by artist, below image on sheet, lower right in graphite: Harry Callahan; on verso, by later hand, upper right in graphite: C165

Wikidata ID

Q64154817

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