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1984 · Dye transfer print
Museum of Modern Art
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Harry Callahan
1912–1999
WA-00005536
Detroit, United States
Photography
Representation
None documented
0
Institutional Exhibitions
389
Works in Collection
668
Assets Indexed
15
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
70%
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Authority Records (2)
Field Verification (7 fields)
6 cross-verified · 1 single-source
- Primary mediumWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
- Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
- Death yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
- DeceasedWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
- BiographyWikipedia + Unknown· 88%✓
- LocationArtsy + Gallery· 85%✓
- NationalityWikidata + Artsy+1· 92%
Source Registry (4)
- Pace-GalleryTier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
- Christies-ArtsyTier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
- SothebysTier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
About
Why this artist matters now
Harry Callahan was an American photographer who developed a rigorous formal language in black-and-white and color photography, working with domestic subjects, urban geometry, and abstraction at an intimate scale. Teaching at the Institute of Design in Chicago and later Rhode Island School of Design, he shaped several generations of photographers through direct engagement with the medium's technical and conceptual possibilities. His practice emphasized restraint and repetition, returning systematically to particular motifs and locations to investigate subtle variations in light, composition, and tonal range.
Source: Pace Gallery · Trust score: 100% · Updated 2mo ago
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Artworks (389)
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Artwork sources (6)
389 published of 653 catalogued · 551 with image
- MoMA264 publishedof 528 catalogued448 img
- Art Institute Chicago102 published102 img
- Whitney9 published
- Cleveland Museum of Art7 published
- The Met6 published
- Rijksmuseum1 published1 img
Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)
1 entries · 1 sources
- 1948 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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Images
14 assets
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7Institutional
Representation & Collections
In collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Art Institute of Chicago
In collection
Rijksmuseum
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Whitney Museum of American Art
Market
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Auction History
| Work | Auction House | Date | Estimate | Hammer Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rago | Dec 2025 | $2,000 – $3,000 | Unsold |
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