id:			168708
accession number:	2010.416
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.416
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:24.267000

Eleanor, Chicago, 1949. Harry Callahan (American, 1912–1999). Vintage gelatin silver print; image: 19.9 x 24.4 cm (7 13/16 x 9 5/8 in.); paper: 20.2 x 25.2 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.); matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William and Margaret Lipscomb in honor of Tom Hinson 2010.416 © Harry Callahan, courtesy PaceWildensteinMacGill, New York

title:				Eleanor, Chicago
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creation date:			1949
creation date earliest:		1949
creation date latest:		1949
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creditline:			Gift of William and Margaret Lipscomb in honor of Tom Hinson
copyright:			© Harry Callahan, courtesy PaceWildensteinMacGill, New York

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	Vintage gelatin silver print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 1951-Present
type:		Photograph
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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.
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measurements: Image: 19.9 x 24.4 cm (7 13/16 x 9 5/8 in.); Paper: 20.2 x 25.2 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in ink on recto: "Harry Callahan (signed)"
Written in pencil on verso: "EM11"
Written in pencil on verso but erased: "$750" 

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PROVENANCE

	Halsted Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan; William Lipscomb, Cleveland; Cleveland Museum of Art
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