Conversation - Sky and Earth
Object Details
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Date
1940
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Object Type
Paintings
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Medium
Oil on canvas
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Dimensions
28 x 23 in.
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Inscriptions
Recto:
signed and dated l.l.: Sheeler - 1940
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Credit Line
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
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Accession Number
2009.7
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Copyright
Public domain
Additional details
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All Levels
Activity 1
Isolate one small section of the painting and try to reproduce it using Charles Sheeler’s precise style.Activity 2
Students will imagine a story they could create that features the sky and earth as seen in this work of art. How would these two get along with each other? How would they spend time together? What happens to them? What would they say to each other? Write a conversation between sky and earth on a card with dialogue bubbles. Then, write a poem that includes some of these words.
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