Chasm
Date1943
Maker
Kenneth Callahan
American, born 1905, Spokane, Washington; died 1986, Seattle, Washington
Label TextCallahan coupled images of mountains with his thoughts on the destiny of humanity in part because he knew and had painted the miners and lumbermen whose work had altered them, and he imagined the ignoble deeds of history that were buried within them. In his imagination, mountains were infused with the spirits of the world.
Object number51.108
Photo CreditPhoto: Howard Giske
Exhibition HistoryTacoma, Washington, Tacoma Art Museum, Northwest Mythology: The Interactions of Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, Kenneth Callahan and Guy Anderson, May 3, 2003 - Aug. 10, 2003. Text by. Sheryl Conkelton and Laura Landau. No cat. no., not reproduced.
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Modernism in the Pacific Northwest: The Mythic and the Mystical, June 19 - Sept. 7, 2014. Text by Patricia Junker. No cat. no., p. 30, reproduced p. 32, pl. 16.Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions16 1/4 x 21 1/2 in. (41.3 x 54.6 cm)
MediumOpaque watercolor on board
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