The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 24, 2024

Eleanor

Eleanor

c. 1941
(American, 1912–1999)
Image: 11.2 x 8.2 cm (4 7/16 x 3 1/4 in.); Matted: 35.6 x 30.6 cm (14 x 12 1/16 in.)
© Harry Callahan, courtesy PaceWildensteinMacGill, New York
Location: not on view

Description

Harry Callahan's photographs incorporate subjects from his everyday life, incluing his family, the surrounding landscape, and details from nature. A primary inspiration for Callahan's work was his wife, Eleanor, who frequently appears in his pictures. This portrait verges upon abstraction, as strong designs of light and shadow fall upon Eleanor's profile, obscuring her features and adding a sense of mystery to the image.
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Reproduced: P. 117
  • Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 24, 1996-February 2, 1997).
    Year in Review for 1984. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 3-May 5, 1985).
    CMA 1983: Harry Callahan Photographs, November 15-December 31, 1983, no cat.
    CMA 1985: "Year in Review 1984," Bulletin 72 (April 1985), p. 201, no. 33.
    CMA, November 20,1996 - February 2, 1997: "Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art."
  • {{cite web|title=Eleanor|url=false|author=Harry Callahan|year=c. 1941|access-date=24 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1984.19