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Harry Callahan
Detroit1941

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Long-exposure color photograph of neon signs with streaked pink, teal, and yellow light trails against a black background; text reads 'DANCING NIGHTS'

Harry Callahan, Detroit, 1941, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Anonymous gift, Los Angeles, in honor of Robert Sobieszek, digital © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Harry Callahan
United States, 1912-1999
Title
Detroit
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1941
Medium
Dye imbibition print
Dimensions
Image (Image): 7 1/16 × 10 7/16 in. (17.94 × 26.51 cm) Primary support: 10 15/16 × 14 1/2 in. (27.78 × 36.83 cm) Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.64 × 50.8 cm)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift, Los Angeles, in honor of Robert Sobieszek
Accession Number
M.2005.150.4
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Bauhaus and America: Experiments in Light and Movement. Bielefeld: Kerber Verlag, 2018.
Copyright
© The Estate of Harry Callahan, courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York

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