Harry Callahan 1912-1999

mounted to Brudno illustration board, signed by the photographer in pencil on the mount, matted, framed, 1952

The photographer to Edwynn Houk Gallery, Chicago

Acquired by Michael H. Glicker from the above, 1982

Christie's New York, 9 October 1997, Sale 8748, Lot 71

Acquired by Nancy Richardson from the above

Other prints of this image:

Harry Callahan (The Museum of Modern Art, 1967, in conjunction with the exhibition), p. 19

Eleanor (Carmel: The Friends of Photography, 1984), p. 37

Sarah Greenough, Harry Callahan (Washington, D. C.: National Gallery of Art, 1996, in conjunction with the exhibition), p. 113

Britt Salvesen, Harry Callahan: The Photographer at Work (Tucson: Center for Creative Photography, 2006, in conjunction with the exhibition), pl. 34

Aperture Masters of Photography: Harry Callahan (New York, 1999), p. 13

This beautiful early print is in generally excellent condition. The mount is warm white and has very faint surface soiling along the edges. The back of the mount is blue and has a full Brudno illustration board logo. The edges are lightly worn. The back of the mount is annotated 'p. 13' in an unidentified hand in pencil. When examined with a black light, this print does not appear to fluoresce.
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According to the catalogue for the Christie's New York sale from which the present print was acquired, Callahan wrote to Chicago gallerist Edwynn Houk in March of 1982, stating that

'[I] made the print shortly after making the negative and dry mounted it while still living in Chicago. The prints I dry mounted were usually used for exhibitions and were, in my judgment, very fine prints.'