Calm black and white photo of a woman in water, her eyes closed. Her body is submerged below her shoulders, her hair fanned out in the water.
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Harry Callahan

Eleanor, Chicago

Maker

Harry Callahan (American, 1912-1999 b. Detroit, Michigan), (RISD Faculty 1961 - 1976, Photography)

Title

Eleanor, Chicago

Year

1949

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Dimensions

Sheet: 25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed beneath image LR

Credit / Object Number

Credit

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

Object Number

74.089

Type

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 16: Intimacy

RISD Museum’s Manual 16 Embraces Intimacy

Intimacy reveals something deeply human in us. We need each other on a practical level, which means having to trust strangers. It’s analogous to what I understand prayer requires and what writing poems requires: an openness to the unknown, coupled with trust, a belief that we won’t be hurt. It’s at once akin to and the same as devotion.
-Carl Phillips

The RISD Museum’s sixteenth issue of Manual touches on the bonds of intimacy and its many expressions. This issue complements the exhibition Any distance between us, co-curated by Stephen Truax and Dominic Molon, on view at the RISD Museum through March 13, 2022.

Exhibition History

Harry Callahan
A Selection from the Permanent Collection
Sep 10, 1999 – Dec 05, 1999
The RISD Eye
Photographs by Faculty and Alumni from the Permanent Collection
Mar 08, 1991 – May 05, 1991

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Tombstone

Harry Callahan (American, 1912-1999 b. Detroit, Michigan)
Eleanor, Chicago, 1949
Gelatin silver print
Sheet: 25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 inches)
Museum purchase with the aid of the National Endowment for the Arts and Neuberger Fund 74.089

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