Harry CallahanAmerican, 1912–1999Wisconsin
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Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- Source
- The museum
About the work
A self-taught photographer from Detroit, Harry Callahan became one of the most respected photographers of the 20th century and mentored a generation of students at Chicago’s Institute of Design. He once modestly described his subjects as “nature, buildings, and people,” and his photographs of architecture share a hallmark frontality and simplicity. In this image of an airplane hangar, Callahan masked off part of his 8 × 10–inch negative to emphasize the building’s horizontal form. The Art Institute purchased this photograph from the photographer a year after granting Callahan his first one-man museum exhibition.
Art Institute of ChicagoCC BY 4.0
Particulars
- Accession number
- 1952.447
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Image: Art Institute of Chicago — © the artist or rights holder
