id: 151900 accession number: 1984.19 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1984.19 updated: 2019-11-18 11:38:43.682000 Eleanor, c. 1941. Harry Callahan (American, 1912-1999). Vintage gelatin silver print; image: 11.2 x 8.2 cm (4 7/16 x 3 1/4 in.); matted: 35.6 x 30.6 cm (14 x 12 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Delia E. Holden Fund 1984.19 © Harry Callahan, courtesy PaceWildensteinMacGill, New York title: Eleanor title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1941 creation date earliest: 1935 creation date latest: 1945 current location: creditline: Delia E. Holden Fund copyright: © Harry Callahan, courtesy PaceWildensteinMacGill, New York --- culture: America, 20th century technique: Vintage gelatin silver print department: Photography collection: PH - American 1900-1950 type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Harry Callahan (American, 1912-1999) - artist Harry Callahan American, 1912-1999 Detroit native Harry Morey Callahan is recognized as one of the most influential American photographers and teachers of the second half of the 20th century. A self-taught photographer, he became interested in the medium in the late 1930s while working in the accounting department at Chrysler Corporation. He joined the Detroit Photo Guild and in 1941 was greatly inspired by Ansel Adams, who was invited to give a workshop and lecture at the guild. In 1944 Callahan took a job with the General Motors Photographic Laboratory and two years later began teaching photography at the Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology, in Chicago. He headed the institute's department of photography from 1949-61, then left to establish the photography department at the Rhode Island School of Design. Callahan served as head of the photography program at Rhode Island until 1973 and continued teaching there until his retirement in 1977. Interested in photography as a means of self-expression, Callahan's subjects have ranged from an ongoing series of his wife, Eleanor, to landscapes, seascapes, nature studies, and street scenes. He has also experimented with high-contrast images as well as double exposures, and since his retirement has focused on color work. Among his awards are fellowships from the Graham Foundation (1956) and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1972). His work has been featured in numerous exhibitions, including one-artist shows at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (1976), the Center for Creative Photography, Tucson (1984), and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1996). Callahan lives in Atlanta. M.M. --- measurements: Image: 11.2 x 8.2 cm (4 7/16 x 3 1/4 in.); Matted: 35.6 x 30.6 cm (14 x 12 1/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review for 1984 opening date: 1985-04-03T04:00:00 Year in Review for 1984. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 3-May 5, 1985). title: Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 1996-11-24T05:00:00 Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 24, 1996-February 2, 1997). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * CMA 1983: Harry Callahan Photographs, November 15-December 31, 1983, no cat.
CMA 1985: "Year in Review 1984," Bulletin 72 (April 1985), p. 201, no. 33.
CMA, November 20,1996 - February 2, 1997: "Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art." --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Harry Callahan's photographs incorporate subjects from his everyday life, incluing his family, the surrounding landscape, and details from nature. A primary inspiration for Callahan's work was his wife, Eleanor, who frequently appears in his pictures. This portrait verges upon abstraction, as strong designs of light and shadow fall upon Eleanor's profile, obscuring her features and adding a sense of mystery to the image. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES