Chicago

Harry Callahan

1950

  • Titles Chicago (Proper)
  • Artist Harry Callahan, American, 1912 - 1999
  • Medium gelatin silver print
  • Dimensions sheet: 11 × 13 7/8 in. (27.9 × 35.2 cm) image: 9 1/4 × 13 11/16 in. (23.5 × 34.8 cm) mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of John Hagefstration, AFI.65.2020
  • Work Type photograph
  • Classification Photographs

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Two birds are depicted among thin tree branches that produce pink and yellow petalled flowers. The upper bird is covered primarily by black and white feathers with a small yellow section on the upper portion of its back and lower portion of its head. The lower bird is covered with yellow and black feathers with some white accents. The scene is set against a blue background.
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A recumbent bearded man wearing a cap, blue shirt, and tan trousers and boots rests upon a rocky outcrop, peering to the right at the surrounding wooded landscape.