Untitled (Eleanor)

Harry Callahan

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

Mummies of animals, the most numerous type of artifact from ancient Egypt, number in the millions. The animals mummified represented a god or goddess, such as the cat belonging to the goddess Bastet or the ibis belonging to the god Thoth. Some animal mummies contained a papyrus with a request to the god written on it. Animals were mummified using the same techniques as with humans.

Caption

Harry Callahan American, 1912–1999. Untitled (Eleanor), ca. 1941. Gelatin silver print, image: 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (11.4 x 8.9 cm) sheet: 8 x 4 3/4 in. (20.3 x 12.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Ardian Gill, the Coler Foundation, Harry Kahn, and Mrs. Carl L. Selden, 1995.76.2. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1995.76.2_SL1.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Photography

Title

Untitled (Eleanor)

Date

ca. 1941

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Classification

Photograph

Dimensions

image: 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (11.4 x 8.9 cm) sheet: 8 x 4 3/4 in. (20.3 x 12.1 cm)

Signatures

Signed with stylus on recto: "Harry Callahan"

Inscriptions

Inscribed on verso: "HC 37129"

Credit Line

Purchased with funds given by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Ardian Gill, the Coler Foundation, Harry Kahn, and Mrs. Carl L. Selden

Accession Number

1995.76.2

Rights

© artist or artist's estate

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