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Photo Credit: copy photo: J. Giammatteo

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Eleanor and Barbara

1953
20th century
203 x 247 mm (8 x 9.7 in.)

Harry Callahan, American, (1912–1999)

Object Type: photograph

Medium and Support: Gelatin silver print on Kodak photographic paper

Marks: Signed with stylus. lower right: “Harry Callahan”; inscribed in pencil on verso: “EM - 5.9”

Bibliography: Britt Salveson, Harry Callahan: The Photographer at Work (Tucson, AZ: Center for Creative Photography, 2006), no. 93.

Credit Line: Gift of the Callahan Family, including Allison Hollinger (BA Wesleyan 2008), and Susan and Peter MacGill, in loving memory of Harry Callahan, 2008

Accession Number: 2008.20.1

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architecture*, Chicago*, cityscapes*, double portraits*, female portraits, Illinois*, Midwest*, portraits*

architecture - Art or science of designing and building structures, especially habitable structures, in accordance with principles determined by aesthetic and practical or material considerations. Refers also to the structures created. [November 1994 related term added. October 1990 alternate term added.]
Chicago - TGN 7013596
cityscapes - Use for creative works that depict settlements that may be considered cities. For creative works depicting settlements that may be considered towns, use "townscapes (representations)." For images that are more documentary than creative, prefer
double portraits - Group portraits depicting two individuals. [February 1995 descriptor added.]
female portraits
Illinois - TGN 7007251
Midwest - TGN 4007191 (general region): Refers to north-central USA, including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, & usually Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Kentucky, and the Dakotas. Although the area falls primarily in the middle and eastern third of the United States, it was called the "midwest" because it was west of the original English colonies. Europeans settled here mainly after American Revolution, although some lived in Kentucky and Tennessee earlier.
portraits - Representations of real individuals that are intended to capture a known or supposed likeness; for representations of fictional or mythological characters, use "figures (representations)." [March 1993 lead-in term added. April 1991 descriptor m

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image Dimensions: 203 x 247 mm (8 x 9.7 in.)

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Harry Callahan, American, (1912–1999) . Eleanor and Barbara, 1953. Gelatin silver print on Kodak photographic paper. image : 203 x 247 mm (8 x 9.7 in.). Sheet : 204 x 253 mm (8 x 10 in.). DAC accession number 2008.20.1. Gift of the Callahan Family, including Allison Hollinger (BA Wesleyan 2008), and Susan and Peter MacGill, in loving memory of Harry Callahan, 2008. (copy photo: J. Giammatteo) .

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