Harry Callahan
Detroit
c. 1941
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Harry Callahan
Detroit
c. 1941
Physical Qualities
Dye transfer print, Sheet: 280 x 360 mm. (11 x 14 3/16 in.)
Image: 180 x 252 mm. (7 1/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Arthur A. Goldberg, New York
Object Number
1987.264
Discussing his color photography later in his career, Harry Callahan recalled: “I started color almost as soon as I got started going—around 1941. I did a lot of camera movement on neon signs in black and white. . .and then I did it in color. And when I did multiple exposures I did some in color. I got into color sort of unconsciously doing those neon signs. Boy, they had such terrific colors. So I just did it in color, that’s all. And
a lot of times that would happen to me. I would do something and I’d think, ‘that would be nice in color.’”
Rena Hoisington, BMA, "Looking through the Lens: Photography 1900-1960," 16 March - 8 June 2008.
Rena Hoisington, BMA, "Black, White & Abstract: Callahan, Siskind, White," May 17 - October 1, 2017.
Rena Hoisington, BMA, "Black, White & Abstract: Callahan, Siskind, White," May 17 - October 1, 2017.
Inscribed: At lower right, in graphite: "Harry Callahan"
