Harry Callahan
Multiple Exposure Tree, Chicago
1956
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Harry Callahan
Multiple Exposure Tree, Chicago
1956
Physical Qualities
Gelatin silver print, Sheet: 56 x 56 mm. (2 3/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Katherine and Joseph Hardiman, Baltimore
Object Number
2015.157.1
One of the lessons Callahan imparted to his students was the importance of experimenting with different techniques, “to do it—
see it—in a different way.” Callahan was particularly interested in using multiple exposure to transform and abstract his compositions in unexpected and exciting ways. The technique involved superimposing two or more images by exposing the film more than once inside the camera. These three small photographs are contact prints, positive proofs made by placing the 2 ¼ x 2 ¼-inch negatives directly on top of the photographic paper.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2015; Katherine and Joseph Hardiman, Baltimore, by purchase, 1991; George Dalsheimer Gallery, Baltimore
Rena Hoisington, BMA, "Black, White & Abstract: Callahan, Siskind, White," May 17 - October 1, 2017.
Inscribed: Recto: on mount, at lower right, in graphite: "Harry Callahan"; Verso: none
