Eleanor, Chicago
Harry Callahan, Eleanor, Chicago, 1949 (negative); printed later, gelatin silver print, Museum Purchase: Exhibition Budget Fund, © unknown, research required, 84.24.3
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- Title
Eleanor, Chicago
- Artist
- Date
1949 (negative); printed later
- Medium
gelatin silver print
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 6 7/8 in x 6 5/16 in; sheet: 9 15/16 in x 8 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
inscription: 5.59, graphite, verso bottom center
inscription: HC 7656-C, graphite, verso bottom left
signature: Harry Callahan, graphite, verso top center
signature: Harry Callahan, graphite, lower right
- Collection Area
Photography
- Category
Photographs
- Object Type
photograph
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
Museum Purchase: Exhibition Budget Fund
- Accession Number
84.24.3
- Copyright
© unknown, research required
- Terms
An employee of Chrysler Corporation in Detroit, Michigan, Harry Callahan learned photography after joining the company’s camera club. In 1941, inspired by a lecture given by Ansel Adams, he took up photography full time. Callahan’s primary subject was his wife, Eleanor, whom he photographed for more than fifty years. Eleanor said in 1996 of these exceptional images, “Photography was as much a part of our lives as getting up in the morning. I wasn't worried about the pictures. I never had any thought that they would be anything but nice.” Eleanor Callahan passed away earlier this year at the age of ninety-five.
- Exhibitions
2012 70 Years/70 Photographs Portland Art Museum
