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Harry Callahan

Eleanor, 1948

Description

Maker

  • Harry Callahan, 1912-1999, American, (RISD Faculty 1961 - 1976, Photography)

Title

Eleanor

Year

1948

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed beneath image LR

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Photographs

Credit

Museum purchase with the aid of the National Endowment for the Arts and Neuberger Fund

Object Number

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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