Harry Callahan
Eleanor, Chicago
c. 1947
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Harry Callahan
Eleanor, Chicago
c. 1947
Physical Qualities
Gelatin silver print, Mount: 253 x 202 mm. (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Image/Sheet: 83 x 111 mm. (3 1/4 x 4 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase with exchange funds from the Edward Joseph Gallagher III Memorial Collection; and partial gift of George H. Dalsheimer, Baltimore
Object Number
1988.260
Callahan’s photographs of Eleanor also provided the means to investigate various photographic processes, including printing in high contrast. By maximizing the play between black and white, Callahan diminished detail, texture and tone, resulting in bold imagery as seen here in the outlines of Eleanor’s body.
Jan Howard, BMA, "Abstract Photographs," 22 March - 25 June 1995.
Jan Howard, BMA, "The Collector's Eye: Masterpieces from the Museum's Dalsheimer Photographs," 17 September - 19 November 1989.
Rena Hoisington, BMA, "Black, White & Abstract: Callahan, Siskind, White," May 17 - October 1, 2017.
Jan Howard, BMA, "The Collector's Eye: Masterpieces from the Museum's Dalsheimer Photographs," 17 September - 19 November 1989.
Rena Hoisington, BMA, "Black, White & Abstract: Callahan, Siskind, White," May 17 - October 1, 2017.
Eleanor, James Alinder, intro., New York: Callaway Editions, 1984, ill. p.19. 'The Photography of Harry Callahan: 1941-1982', The Seibu Museum of Art, 1983, ill. p. 26.
Inscribed: FACE: LR below image (graphite) 'Harry Callahan'.
