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Harry Callahan

Twigs in Snow #320, 1900s

Description

Maker

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

Title

Twigs in Snow #320

Year

1900s

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed in pencil on verso at top: 320 Harry Callahan

Type

Credit

Museum purchase with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts

Object Number

75.100

Exhibition History

Drawing the Line

March 30 - June 10, 2001

The lines of these images were not drawn but captured with a camera. In the top photograph, Harry Callahan framed telephone and/or electric wires against an overcast sky and transformed them into an elegant, spare abstract composition. The delicate pairs of lines soar diagonally upward, conveying the energy they embody. In the bottom image, the energy is condensed in a tight composition of entangled plant stems at the center of the picture.

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