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Harry M. Callahan:

An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center

Creator: Callahan, Harry M., 1912-1999
Title: Harry M. Callahan Collection
Dates: 1946-1978
Extent: 33 items (2 boxes)
Abstract: Collection consists of a color portfolio (titled Harry Callahan) comprising 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.
Call Number: Photography Collection PH-00053
Language: English
Access: Open for research

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Administrative Information


Acquisition: Gift, 1981 and Purchase, 1983
Repository:

Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin

Scope and Contents


Collection consists of a color portfolio (titled Harry Callahan) comprising 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. 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. Further descriptions are available in a database in the repository.

Index Terms


People
Callahan, Eleanor
Callahan, Barbara, 1950-

Subjects
Architecture
Cityscapes
Landscapes
Nudes -- Female
Portraits
Seascapes
Storefronts
Views

Places
Atlanta (Ga.)
Cape Cod (Mass.)
Chicago (Ill.)
Detroit (Mich.)
Egypt.
Florence (Italy)
New York (N.Y.)
Paris (France)
Providence (R.I.)
Venice (Italy)

Document Types
Color prints (photographs)
Dye transfer prints
Gelatin silver prints
Multiple exposure
Perspective photography

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