HARRY CALLAHAN (1912–1999)

Multiple Exposure Tree, Chicago, 1956

Details

HARRY CALLAHAN (1912–1999)
Multiple Exposure Tree, Chicago, 1956
gelatin silver print, on layered mount
signed in ink (secondary mount, recto)
image/sheet: 6 3/4 x 6 5/8 in. (17.1 x 16.8 cm.)
mount: 7 x 6 3/4 in. (17.8 x 17.1 cm.)
secondary mount: 19 x 15 in. (48.2 x 38 cm.)
This print is accompanied by a facsimile letter from the artist stating that only a few vintage prints of this image were made, and that this print was treated with this layered mount for an exhibition.

Provenance

Paul Hertzmann Vintage Photographs;
acquired from the above by the present owner.

Literature

Sherman Paul, Harry Callahan, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1967, p. 67.
Dirk Luckow et al., Harry Callahan, Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg, 2013, p. 16.

Exhibited

Ithaca, New York, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, An American Portrait: Photographs from the Collection of Diann and Thomas Mann, April 1–June 12, 1994, no. 68.

Lot Essay

I sort of believe that a picture is like a prayer; you’re offering a prayer to get something, and in a sense it’s like a gift of God because you have practically no control…
—Harry Callahan

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