Street Scene, Left Turn Only Sign

Harry Callahan

1950

  • Titles Street Scene, Left Turn Only Sign (Proper)
  • Artist Harry Callahan, American, 1912 - 1999
  • Medium gelatin silver print
  • Dimensions sheet: 6 7/8 × 5 3/8 in. (17.5 × 13.7 cm) image: 4 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (12.1 × 12.1 cm) mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of John Hagefstration, AFI.75.2020
  • Work Type photograph
  • Classification Photographs

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