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HARRY CALLAHAN’S ‘ELEANOR’ PHOTOGRAPHS TO DEBUT AT ATLANTA’S HIGH MUSEUM

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ATLANTA, GA. — “Harry Callahan: Eleanor,” organized by the High Museum of Art, will be an in-depth study of Harry Callahan’s most evocative photographs: those of his wife of 63 years, Eleanor Callahan.

Comprising approximately 125 works, the exhibition will focus on Callahan’s photographs from the 1940s, 50s, 60s, when Eleanor was one of this primary subjects. “Harry Callahan: Eleanor” will include many of the artist’s most acclaimed images, the majority of which have not been exhibited in more than 20 years, and 18 works that have never been exhibited.

Organized by Julian Cox, curator of photography at the High Museum of Art, “Harry Callahan: Eleanor” will premiere in Atlanta on September 8 and remain on view through December 9. The exhibition will subsequently travel to the Rhode Island School of Design.

“This exhibition is the most comprehensive and intimate presentation in decades of the artist’s lifelong companion and muse, his wife, Eleanor,” said Michael Shapiro, Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jr Director of the High Museum of Art. “Longtime residents of Atlanta, Harry and Eleanor Callahan became friends of the High Museum in the 1990s and, toward the end of his career, collaborated with us on two exhibitions Harry’s work.”

The Eleanor photographs are central to Callahan’s lifelong engagement with photography, and the works featured in this exhibition are among the rarest prints of Callahan’s portraits of his wife.

“Harry started photographing, I think, in ’38, and from the day that we got married, he never stopped photographing. He always had a camera in his hand,” said Eleanor Callahan in a recent interview with Julian Cox, the High’s curator of photography.

Approximately two-thirds of the exhibition is drawn from the collection of Nicholas Pritzker, which has been on long-term loan to the High since 1993 when the works were moved to Atlanta at Callahan’s request. Shortly thereafter, he collaborated with the High on the organization of two small focus exhibitions of his color photography in 1997 and 1999.

“Harry Callahan: Eleanor” will include four photographs from the High’s permanent collection, “Eleanor, Chicago,” 1948; “Maine,” 1963; “Eleanor, Chicago,” 1948; and “Eleanor, Indiana,” 1948. Other works are on loan from the Callahan estate, the National Gallery of Art, the J. Paul Getty Museum and Dr Joe Massey.

The museum is at 1280 Peachtree Street, NE. For information, www.high.org or 404-733-HIGH.

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VERNON ANTIQUES SHOW SEEKS DEALERS AND DONATIONS FOR APRIL 28 EVENT

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VERNON, CONN. — Dealers and donations are being sought for the first annual Vernon Antiques Show, a benefit for the Vernon Education Foundation, on Saturday, April 28, from 9 am to 3 pm, in the YMCA gymnasium.

A Family Heirloom, a local antiques shop, is managing the show for the foundation. Business partner Scott Liscomb said the show will have 75–100 dealers and will feature an eclectic mix of antique furniture, art, dolls and toys and more.

The show will take place the same weekend as Vernon’s townwide tag sale, Liscomb said, adding that the extra traffic and out-of-town will benefit the show.

Table space is still available at $50 per table, he said.

Organizers are looking for dealers and donations of antiques and collectibles, art, coins and stamps, guitars, violins and saxophones; military items, uniforms, medals, jewelry, gold and watches, silver and silverware, furniture and pottery.

Admission is free. The YMCA is at 375 Hartford Turnpike. For information, www.familyheirloom.com or 860-872-9100.