Harry Callahan

2 photographs, comprising Eleanor, Chicago and Eleanor, Port Huron, the first signed by the photographer with a stylus in the image and the second signed by him in pencil in the margin, each annotated by the photographer in pencil on the reverse, matted, 1948-54, printed later (MoMA, pp. 13 and 21; Eleanor, pls. 19 and 76; Bunnell, cover and p. 35; Aperture, cover; Great Themes, pp. 150-51) (2)

Both of these prints, on double-weight paper with a slight surface sheen, are in generally excellent condition. 'Eleanor, Chicago,' a contact print, is annotated by the photographer 'EM 15' and '5-97' in pencil on the reverse. The edges are slightly rubbed, the corners somewhat bumped, and there is tiny emulsion loss in the negative edge at lower right corner. 'Eleanor, Port Huron' has white margins and has been annotated 'EM 7' by the photographer in pencil on the reverse.
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