Image
Description
Maker
- Harry Callahan, 1912-1999, American, (RISD Faculty 1961 - 1976, Photography)
Title
Eleanor
Year
1948
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
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20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Signed beneath image LR
Type
Credit
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Museum purchase with the aid of the National Endowment for the Arts and Neuberger Fund
Object Number
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74.088
About
In Eleanor, Harry Callahan transforms a seemingly straightforward depiction of his wife with her arms raised. Employing the stark black and white effect of the silhouette, he makes her into a powerful, monolithic figure. Collage, by contrast, is a chaotic assemblage of facial features cut from magazines. Both photographs play with abstraction, reducing form to its simplest elements.
An influential photographer and teacher, Callahan is known for making images that balance form and content.
[see also 2017.86.1]
Signed beneath image LR
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