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Harry Callahan (American, 1912-1999)
Title: Cape Cod , 1972
Medium: gelatin silver print
Size: 9 x 9.25 in. (22.9 x …
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Harry Callahan (American, 1912-1999)
Title: Cape Cod , 1972
Medium: gelatin silver print
Size: 9 x 9.25 in. (22.9 x 23.5 cm.)
Framed: 16x20
Very nice condition, in original frame. This image was created while Callahan was on an artistic residency in Massachusetts. This image is in the collection of the museum of Modern Art.
A one-time clerk at Chrysler Motors, Harry Callahan ultimately became one of Americas most respected and influential photographers and educators; his frames are revered for their elegance, precision, sensuality, and experimentation. Breaking with mid-century convention, he eschewed documentation and treated photography as a means of personal expression. While his subject matter nature, the urban environment, his wife, and his daughter Barbararemained the same throughout his career, he moved freely between unconventional figuration and formal abstraction, embracing a variety of photographic processes and materials. Callahan taught alongside László Moholy-Nagy [https://www.artsy.net/artist/laszlo-moholy-nagy] at the New Bauhaus for 15 years. In 1961, he transferred to the Rhode Island School of Design, where he founded the schools photography program. During his lifetime, Callahan enjoyed solo exhibitions at institutions including the Museum of Modern Art [https://www.artsy.net/partner/the-museum-of-modern-art], the Art Institute of Chicago [https://www.artsy.net/partner/art-institute-of-chicago], the Centre Pompidou [https://www.artsy.net/partner/centre-pompidou], and the National Gallery of Art [https://www.artsy.net/partner/national-gallery-of-art-washington-dc] in Washington, D.C. In 1978, he became the first photographer to represent t
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- Dimensions
- 16ʺW × 0.2ʺD × 20ʺH
- Styles
- Mid-Century Modern
- Frame Type
- Framed
- Art Subjects
- Landscape
- Period
- 1970s
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Paper
- Silver Gelatin
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Black
- Condition Notes
- Good condition. Original frame. Signed by the artist on the print underneath the image on the lower right. Good condition. Original frame. Signed by the artist on the print underneath the image on the lower right. less
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