Bob Fine
Artist
Harry Callahan
(American, 1912 - 1999)
Date1952 (printed before 1987)
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.2 × 20.2 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Jonathan Abrams and Fay Pfaelzer Abrams, 2013
Object number2013.24.5
DescriptionBlack picture plane with a teardrop of light extending from top center about 1/3 the length of the photograph. Visible within this small light area are parts of walls, sky, and at the bottom of the teardrop of light is a man in dark clothing.eMuseum Notes
In this daring picture, Callahan creates a portrait of his friend, Robert Harold Fine, as a tiny figure being dwarfed by the looming structures around him. Fine was an architect, so buildings did indeed dominate his life. Callahan’s virtuoso handling of a print so starkly black and white is an indicator of his confidence and his mastery of the medium of photography.
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