Harry Callahan

2 photographs, comprising Eleanor and Eleanor and Barbara, Lake Michigan, each signed in pencil in the margin and titled 'Eleanor' on the reverse, 1948 and 1953, printed later (Cox, pls. 25 and 53) (2)

These prints, on double-weight semi-glossy paper, are in generally excellent condition. 'Eleanor': There is a small clamp impression from processing at the upper right margin corner. The paper-ply is bent backward at the tip of the lower left corner. The following annotations are written in pencil on the reverse: 'HC58' and 'EM-6.' 'Eleanor and Barbara: Lake Michigan': There is a vertical, linear graphite deposit running parallel to the right edge. There is minor emulsion chipping along the margin edges. 'S195' is written in pencil on the reverse.
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