Harry Callahan
Eleanor and Barbara, Lake Michigan
1947-1957
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Harry Callahan
Eleanor and Barbara, Lake Michigan
1947-1957
Physical Qualities
Gelatin silver print, Sheet: 203 x 253 mm. (8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Image: 198 x 246 mm. (7 13/16 x 9 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Barbara and Gene Polk, Prescott, Arizona
Object Number
2003.288
This photograph is one of several compositions that Callahan made of Eleanor and their daughter Barbara during their family outings. Rather than taking this picture with a light, portable camera, Callahan chose to employ a large, cumbersome 8x10-inch view camera, which can capture greater detail and depth. This combination of an older photographic apparatus with a newer “snapshot” aesthetic is characteristic of Callahan’s playful, open approach to photography.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift 2003; Eugene and Barbara Polk, Prescott, Arizona.
Black, White & Abstract: Callahan, Siskind, White
Harry Callahan Photographs, An Exhibition from the Hallmark Photographic Collection, c. 1981 Hallmark Cards, Inc., p. 33 illust.
Callahan, Harry M. Photographs [by] Harry Callahan; Santa Barbara, El Mochuelo Gallery, c. 1964.
Greenough, Sarah. Harry Callahan; Washington [D.C.] : National Gallery of Art ; Boston : Distributed by Bulfinch Press, c. 1996; p.101 illust.
Szarkowski 195?
Callahan, Harry M. Photographs [by] Harry Callahan; Santa Barbara, El Mochuelo Gallery, c. 1964.
Greenough, Sarah. Harry Callahan; Washington [D.C.] : National Gallery of Art ; Boston : Distributed by Bulfinch Press, c. 1996; p.101 illust.
Szarkowski 195?
Inscribed: RECTO: BRC (graphite): [artist signature] "Harry Callahan"; VERSO: [check]
