Harry CallahanAmerican, 1912–1999Wabash Street
May one see it?
Unknown
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
This photograph of a woman underneath Chicago’s elevated railway is dominated by large black areas subtly interrupted by a pattern of flecks of light. Callahan used this location as a setting to catch passers-by at just the right moment: partly in light, and partly in shadow. The photographer was clearly primarily interested in the interplay of light and dark.
Rijksmuseum
Particulars
- Accession number
- RP-F-2005-99
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — © the artist or rights holder
