Harry Callahan

Eleanor, Detroit
c. 1941

A high-contrast black and white photograph of a person's profile with shadows of leaves cast across their face. The image is framed with a black border, and there is text at the bottom edge that appears to be upside down.
A high-contrast black and white photograph of a person's profile with shadows of leaves cast across their face. The image is framed with a black border, and there is text at the bottom edge that appears to be upside down.

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Date
c. 1941

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 × 5in. (20.3 × 12.7 cm) Image: 4 1/2 × 3 5/16in. (11.4 × 8.4 cm)

Accession number
93.51

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist and Pace/MacGill Gallery

Rights and reproductions
© The Harry Callahan Estate, Courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York

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Harry Callahan
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