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Call Number:

PH-00053

Collection Name:

Harry M. Callahan Photography Collection

Creator:

Callahan, Harry (1912 - 1999)

No. of Items:

33 items

Span Dates:

1946-1978

Description:

The collection consists of a color portfolio, titled Harry Callahan, comprised of 30 dye transfer prints; 1 loose dye transfer print (identical to an image in the portfolio); and 2 loose gelatin silver prints by Harry Callahan (American, 1912-1999). Subjects include Callahan's wife Eleanor (including a portrait taken in artist Hugo Weber's studio), and daughter Barbara; streetscenes in Chicago, Florence, Paris, Providence, and Venice; building facades in Atlanta, Chicago, and New York; houses and storefronts in Detroit; and natural phenomena including vegetation and beaches on Cape Cod, and the desert in Egypt.

Accession No(s):

964:0923:0001; 981:0003:0001-0031; 983:0043:0001

Finding Aid URL:

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=00701

Location(s):

Callahan, H., Box 1 (981:0003:0001-0015)
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Callahan, H., Box 2 (964:0923:0001; 981:0003:0016-0031; 983:0043:0001)
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Item(s):
Artist/Maker Callahan, Harry (1912 - 1999)
Title Eleanor
Date 1948
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 17.6 x 23.2 cm; 6 9/10 x 9 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchace
Accession
Number		 964:0923:0001
Artist/Maker Callahan, Harry (1912 - 1999)
Title Eleanor in Hugo Weber’s Studio, Chicago
Date 1950
Medium Dye transfer print
Dimensions 27 x 35 cm; 10 3/5 x 13 4/5 in
Credit line Gift of Dan Krause
Accession
Number		 981:0003:0001
Artist/Maker Callahan, Harry (1912 - 1999)
Title Camera Movement on Neon Lights at Night, Chicago
Date 1946
Medium Dye transfer print
Dimensions 26.9 x 35.2 cm; 10 3/5 x 13 9/10 in
Credit line Gift of Dan Krause
Accession
Number		 981:0003:0002
Artist/Maker Callahan, Harry (1912 - 1999)
Title Multiple Exposure: Green Windows & White Bars[,] Chicago
Date 1950
Medium Dye transfer print
Dimensions 26.8 x 35.8 cm; 10 3/5 x 14 1/10 in
Credit line Gift of Dan Krause
Accession
Number		 981:0003:0003
Artist/Maker Callahan, Harry (1912 - 1999)
Title Ragsdale Beauty Shop/Poodle Cut, Detroit
Date 1951
Medium Dye transfer print
Dimensions 28 x 35.2 cm; 11 x 13 9/10 in
Credit line Gift of Dan Krause
Accession
Number		 981:0003:0004
Artist/Maker Callahan, Harry (1912 - 1999)
Title Woman in Green, Chicago
Date ca. 1952
Medium Dye transfer print
Dimensions 28 x 35 cm; 11 x 13 4/5 in
Credit line Gift of Dan Krause
Accession
Number		 981:0003:0005
Artist/Maker Callahan, Harry (1912 - 1999)
Title Card Shop, Chicago
Date ca. 1949
Medium Dye transfer print
Dimensions 28 x 35.2 cm; 11 x 13 9/10 in
Credit line Gift of Dan Krause
Accession
Number		 981:0003:0006
Artist/Maker Callahan, Harry (1912 - 1999)
Title Collage of Faces in Pink
Date ca. 1956
Medium Dye transfer print
Dimensions 28 x 35.2 cm; 11 x 13 9/10 in
Credit line Gift of Dan Krause
Accession
Number		 981:0003:0007
Artist/Maker Callahan, Harry (1912 - 1999)
Title Leaves in Fall, Providence
Date 1962
Medium Dye transfer print
Dimensions 28 x 35.2 cm; 11 x 13 9/10 in
Credit line Gift of Dan Krause
Accession
Number		 981:0003:0008
Artist/Maker Callahan, Harry (1912 - 1999)
Title Eleanor and Barbara (nudes), Chicago
Date 1953
Medium Dye transfer print
Dimensions 28 x 35.2 cm; 11 x 13 9/10 in
Credit line Gift of Dan Krause
Accession
Number		 981:0003:0009
Artist/Maker Callahan, Harry (1912 - 1999)
Title Store Window and Mannequin with Lingerie, Providence
Date 1962
Medium Dye transfer print
Dimensions 28 x 35.2 cm; 11 x 13 9/10 in
Credit line Gift of Dan Krause
Accession
Number		 981:0003:0010
Artist/Maker Callahan, Harry (1912 - 1999)
Title Barbara in Florence, Italy
Date 1957
Medium Dye transfer print
Dimensions 28 x 35.2 cm; 11 x 13 9/10 in
Credit line Gift of Dan Krause
Accession
Number		 981:0003:0011
Artist/Maker Callahan, Harry (1912 - 1999)
Title Couple Walking Down Street, Venice
Date 1957
Medium Dye transfer print
Dimensions 26.3 x 36.5 cm; 10 2/5 x 14 2/5 in
Credit line Gift of Dan Krause
Accession
Number		 981:0003:0012
Artist/Maker Callahan, Harry (1912 - 1999)
Title Street Scene: Woman in Red, Providence
Date 1962
Medium Dye transfer print
Dimensions 20 x 26.7 cm; 7 9/10 x 10 1/2 in
Credit line Gift of Dan Krause
Accession
Number		 981:0003:0013
Artist/Maker Callahan, Harry (1912 - 1999)
Title Alley with Green Moss, Venice
Date 1978
Medium Dye transfer print
Dimensions 28 x 35.2 cm; 11 x 13 9/10 in
Credit line Gift of Dan Krause
Accession
Number		 981:0003:0014
Artist/Maker Callahan, Harry (1912 - 1999)
Title Perspective Distortion: Building Facade and Blue Sky, Atlanta
Date 1977
Medium Dye transfer print
Dimensions 26.8 x 36.5 cm; 10 3/5 x 14 2/5 in
Credit line Gift of Dan Krause
Accession
Number		 981:0003:0015
Artist/Maker Callahan, Harry (1912 - 1999)
Title Yellow House and Blue House with Green Foliage, Providence
Date 1977
Medium Dye transfer print
Dimensions 26 x 36.4 cm; 10 1/5 x 14 3/10 in
Credit line Gift of Dan Krause
Accession
Number		 981:0003:0016
Artist/Maker Callahan, Harry (1912 - 1999)
Title Skyscraper with Person and Flagpole, New York
Date 1977
Medium Dye transfer print
Dimensions 27 x 35.2 cm; 10 3/5 x 13 9/10 in
Credit line Gift of Dan Krause
Accession
Number		 981:0003:0017
Artist/Maker Callahan, Harry (1912 - 1999)
Title Acme Sign Shop, Providence
Date 1977
Medium Dye transfer print
Dimensions 27.8 x 35.2 cm; 10 9/10 x 13 9/10 in
Credit line Gift of Dan Krause
Accession
Number		 981:0003:0018
Artist/Maker Callahan, Harry (1912 - 1999)
Title House Facade, Providence
Date 1977
Medium Dye transfer print
Dimensions 26.5 x 34.7 cm; 10 2/5 x 13 7/10 in
Credit line Gift of Dan Krause
Accession
Number		 981:0003:0019
Artist/Maker Callahan, Harry (1912 - 1999)
Title House Facade, Providence
Date 1977
Medium Dye transfer print
Dimensions 27.7 x 35.6 cm; 10 9/10 x 14 in
Credit line Gift of Dan Krause
Accession
Number		 981:0003:0020
Artist/Maker Callahan, Harry (1912 - 1999)
Title Skyscrapers, New York
Date 1978
Medium Dye transfer print
Dimensions 27 x 35 cm; 10 3/5 x 13 4/5 in
Credit line Gift of Dan Krause
Accession
Number		 981:0003:0021
Artist/Maker Callahan, Harry (1912 - 1999)
Title Blued Tree with Green Foilage, Cape Cod, Mass.
Date 1978
Medium Dye transfer print
Dimensions 23.5 x 22.5 cm; 9 3/10 x 8 9/10 in
Credit line Gift of Dan Krause
Accession
Number		 981:0003:0022
Artist/Maker Callahan, Harry (1912 - 1999)
Title Sand Erosion, Horseneck Beach, Massachusetts
Date 1977
Medium Dye transfer print
Dimensions 23.5 x 22.5 cm; 9 3/10 x 8 9/10 in
Credit line Gift of Dan Krause
Accession
Number		 981:0003:0023
Artist/Maker Callahan, Harry (1912 - 1999)
Title Brown Grass, Horseneck Beach, Massachusetts
Date ca. 1971
Medium Dye transfer print
Dimensions 23 x 22.5 cm; 9 1/10 x 8 9/10 in
Credit line Gift of Dan Krause
Accession
Number		 981:0003:0024
Artist/Maker Callahan, Harry (1912 - 1999)
Title Multiple Exposure: Nude on Building, Providence
Date 1971
Medium Dye transfer print
Dimensions 23.5 x 22.5 cm; 9 3/10 x 8 9/10 in
Credit line Gift of Dan Krause
Accession
Number		 981:0003:0025
Artist/Maker Callahan, Harry (1912 - 1999)
Title Wide Lux Sand Picture, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Date circa 1977
Medium Dye transfer print
Dimensions 22 x 25.7 cm; 8 7/10 x 10 1/10 in
Credit line Gift of Dan Krause
Accession
Number		 981:0003:0026
Artist/Maker Callahan, Harry (1912 - 1999)
Title Desert and Blue Sky, Egypt
Date 1978
Medium Dye transfer print
Dimensions 22.5 x 26 cm; 8 9/10 x 10 1/5 in
Credit line Gift of Dan Krause
Accession
Number		 981:0003:0027
Artist/Maker Callahan, Harry (1912 - 1999)
Title Water Reflections, Bass Rocks, Massachusetts
Date 1978
Medium Dye transfer print
Dimensions 24 x 24 cm; 9 2/5 x 9 2/5 in
Credit line Gift of Dan Krause
Accession
Number		 981:0003:0028
Artist/Maker Callahan, Harry (1912 - 1999)
Title Beach and Shells, Horseneck Beach, Massachusetts
Date 1978
Medium Dye transfer print
Dimensions 23.4 x 23 cm; 9 1/5 x 9 1/10 in
Credit line Gift of Dan Krause
Accession
Number		 981:0003:0029
Artist/Maker Callahan, Harry (1912 - 1999)
Title Multiple Exposure: "Revolving House", Providence
Date 1971
Medium Dye transfer print
Dimensions 28 x 35.2 cm; 11 x 13 9/10 in
Credit line Gift of Dan Krause
Accession
Number		 981:0003:0030
Artist/Maker Callahan, Harry (1912 - 1999)
Title Barbara in Florence, Italy
Date circa 1957
Medium Dye transfer print
Dimensions 28 x 35.2 cm; 11 x 13 9/10 in
Credit line Gift of Dan Krause
Accession
Number		 981:0003:0031
Artist/Maker Callahan, Harry (1912 - 1999)
Title Archway, France
Date circa 1957
Medium Photographic print (photomontage)
Dimensions 16.8 x 17 cm; 6 3/5 x 6 7/10 in
Credit line Museum purchase
Accession
Number		 983:0043:0001