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© Estate of Harry Callahan. Image courtesy of the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University.
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© Estate of Harry Callahan. Image courtesy of the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University.
© Estate of Harry Callahan. Image courtesy of the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University.
© Estate of Harry Callahan. Image courtesy of the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University.
ClassificationsWorks of Art on Paper
Artist (American, 1912 - 1999)

Untitled

Dateca. 1970
MediumGelatin silver print
Credit LineGift of Joe B. Massey in honor of Margaret Shufeldt
Dimensions5 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (14.6 x 14.6 cm)
Object number2006.003.006
Label TextFor Callahan photography was not a career, but rather a vocation-literally a calling-through which he could understand his own life and the world around him. An encounter with Ansel Adams in 1941 was fundamental in shaping Callahan's own approach to making photographs. His work is characterized by its clarity, simplicity of composition, and technical precision. His dedicated exploration of the limits of the medium led Callahan to return again and again to certain subjects throughout his life. One of these persistent themes appears in the numerous serene portraits of his wife Eleanor. Another theme is the "water's edge," as it was called in a 1980 exhibition. Whether in 1938 at a vacation cottage on Lake Huron, or later on Lake Michigan in Chicago in the 1940s, or at the beaches of New England in the 1960s and 1970s, Callahan was perpetually fascinated by the calligraphy inscribed by nature where water meets the shore.
Exhibition HistoryRenaissance to Contemporary: Recent Acquisitions in Works on Paper, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 10 - May 27, 2007
ProvenanceEx coll. Joe Massey, United States.
MarkingsStamped on verso, Harry M. Callahan @ 19
Status
Not on view
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  • Works of Art on Paper