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Eleanor, Chicago
Object Details
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Date
1948
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Object Type
Photographs
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Medium
Gelatin silver print
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Dimensions
Image: 2 5/16 x 2 1/4 in.
Mount: 9 7/16 x 7 7/16 in. -
Inscriptions
Mount Verso:
u.r. in graphite: MOMA I 17
c.l. along left edge, signed in graphite: H. Callahan
l.c. in graphite: H C 10700 C
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Credit Line
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
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Accession Number
P1985.39.2
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Copyright
© The Estate of Harry Callahan
Object Description
Over their 63-year marriage, Callahan took hundreds of photographs of his greatest subject, his wife, Eleanor. In his images Eleanor is protean: She can be a particular individual, an element of nature, a sensual muse, an archetype of womanhood, or a tender mother. He often took advantage of her long, dark hair and pale porcelain skin, making her one of the most iconic models in 20th-century photography. Sometimes he reduced her body parts to formal compositions of line and shade; other times, as here, he focused on her sensuality. For her part, Eleanor trusted Callahan implicitly and was a willing model, even when she was initially uncomfortable with some of the frontal nudity. “I was always there for him,” she said. “Because I knew that Harry would only do the right thing.”
—Text taken from the Carter Handbook (2023)
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