The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 16, 2024

Grasses, Wisconsin

Grasses, Wisconsin

1959
(American, 1912–1999)
America, 20th century
Vintage gelatin silver print
Image: 11.1 x 16.8 cm (4 3/8 x 6 5/8 in.); Matted: 30.6 x 35.6 cm (12 1/16 x 14 in.)
Gift of Friends of Photography in honor of Evan H. Turner 1993.129
© Harry Callahan, courtesy PaceWildensteinMacGill, New York
Location: not on view

Description

In this detail of undulating grasses in Wisconsin, Callahan demonstrated his vigorous interest in formal design and his sensitivity toward the world around him, making the artist one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century. This compelling abstract composition is filled with arching, bending, and swaying slivers of form, made distinguishable from the dark ground by bright sunlight.
  • "1992 Annual Report." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 6 (1993): 215-95. Reproduced: p. 273 www.jstor.org
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Reproduced: P. 117
    Sims, Lowery Stokes. The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content, and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 90-91, no. 98
  • Icons of American Photography: A Century of Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 24-September 16, 2007).
    The Cleveland Museum of Art (6/24/07 - 9/16/07); "Icons of American Photography: A Century of Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art", no exhibition catalogue.
    The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).
    MOCA Cleveland (6/9/2006 - 8/20/2006): "The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art", no. 98, p. 121, repr. p. 91.
    CMA, September 13 - November 27, 1994: "Recent Acquisitions: Prints, Drawings, Photographs," no exhibition catalogue.
    "1992 Annual Report," CMA Bulletin, 80 (July 1993), repr. p. 273.
  • {{cite web|title=Grasses, Wisconsin|url=false|author=Harry Callahan|year=1959|access-date=16 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1993.129