Store Window with Mannequin with Lingerie, Providence
1962
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View on museum website →Medium
dye imbibition print
Dimensions
image: 22.4 x 34.1 cm (8 13/16 x 13 7/16 in.) sheet: 26 x 35.4 cm (10 1/4 x 13 15/16 in.) mat: 40.64 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon and Patrons' Permanent Fund
Accession Number
2006.133.39
Art Historical Context
Harry Callahan's *Store Window with Manne with Lingerie, Providence* (1962) captures a fleeting urban moment through the lens of a master experimental photographer. Printed as a dye imbibition process—renowned for its rich, colors and subtle tonal gradations—this 22.4 x 34.1 cm image transforms a everyday storefront display into something enigmatic and voyeuristic. Shot in Providence, Rhode Island, where Callahan taught at the Rhode Island School of Design from1961 to 1977, it reflects his fascination with reflections, glass surfaces, and the interplay of light on mannequins and fabrics. A pi...
About the Artist
Harry Callahan
Harry Morey Callahan (1912–1999) was a pioneering American photographer whose self-taught ingenuity transformed everyday scenes into profound visual poetry. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he briefly studied engineering at Michigan State University before working at Chrysler, where he joined the company camera club. In 1938, Callahan took up photography as a hobby, but a 1941 lecture by Ansel Adams ins...