Harry Callahan (American, 1912-1999)

Harry Callahan (American, 1912-1999)

Grasses, Wisconsin, 1958-59. Unsigned. Gelatin silver print, 5 1/4 x 8 in. (13.3 x 21.4 cm), matted, framed.
Condition: Minor silver mirroring along the outer edges, minor wear to edges and corners, tack holes to corners, minor surface abrasions, minor loss along upper right edge, mounted to paperboard.

N.B. One of the most significant American photographers of the twentieth century, Callahan was founder and chair of the photography department at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence from 1961 until 1973. This tightly cropped, abstracted image of grasses reflects the precision of Ansel Adams, one of Callahan's earliest influences, as well as the experimentation of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy who founded the Institute of Design in Chicago, where Callahan taught in the late 1940s and 1950s.
Estimate $10,000-15,000

Mount dimensions 8 x 10 1/2 in., frame dimensions 13 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.

Upon inspection during preview: Additional tack holes along edges of mount, minor stains to the verso of the mount.

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