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Industrial Architecture

Charles Sheeler (1883-1965)

Object Details

  • Date

    1931

  • Object Type

    Drawings

  • Medium

    Conté crayon and graphite on paper mounted to paper fiberboard

  • Dimensions

    Image: 9 5/8 x 7 3/4 in.
    Sheet: 14 3/8 x 10 1/8 in.
    Mount: 18 x 13 15/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.r. signed and dated in image: Sheeler 1931

    Verso:

    u.l., printed white label on [removed] backing board: HAHN BROS. \ FIREPROOF WAREHOUSES, Inc. \ 231-235 East 55th St. N.Y.C. \ [red line] \ EXPERT PACKERS of \ Paintings & Art Objects \ [red line] \ WITTENBERG [in graphite] \ 70W 40 [in graphite]

    u.r. printed white label on [removed] backing board: Museum of Modern Art \ LOAN \ 39. 599 [typewritten] \ Wittenberg [typewritten]

    c.l. in graphite on [removed] backing board: EW5

    c. in graphite on [removed] backing board: #74 \ Industrial Architecture

    c. in ink on [removed] backing board: Drawing - 1931 \ Charles Sheele

    c.r. stamped in ink on [removed] backing board: NOV 16 193 [illeg. 1 or 7]

    l.c. in graphite on [removed] backing board: $250-

    [removed] printed white label: [dot] Museum of Fine Arts \ Boston, MA 02115 \ T657.1.1986 [typewritten] \ [dot] SHEELER [typewritten] \ Industrial Arch. \ [dot] Wittenberg [typewritten]

    [removed] printed white label: Eagle [in graphite] \ LOT NO. [line] PIECE NO. \ A-531 [ in ink] 1A [in graphite] [line] #5 [in ink]

    [removed] printed white label: THE FRAME SHOPPE \ CUSTOM FRAMING \ FINE PRINTS \ and ARTIST's MATERIALS \ 436 SIXTH AVENUE \ CORNER 10TH ST. \ NEW YORK, N. Y. \ ALGONQUIN 4-1815

    [removed] printed white label: HIRSCHL & ADLER \ [H&A logo] Galleries inc. \ 21 East 70th Street, New York, N.Y. 10021 \ ARTIST: CHARLES SHEELER [typewritten] \ NUMBER APG 9438D [typewritten] \ TITLE: Industrial Architecture [typewritten and underlined] \ Conte crayon on paper [typewritten] \ MEDIUM 91/2 x 71/2" [typewritten] \ SIZE 1931 [typewritten] \ Exh: Buildings: [typewritten and 'Buildings' underlined] DATE: Architecture in America [typewritten and underlined] \ Modernism [typewritten and underlined]

    [removed] printed white label: JAMES MARONEY incorporated \ 129a East 74th Street, New York, N.Y. 10021 \ [blue line] \ Artist: Charles Sheeler [typewritten] \ Title: Industrial Architecture [typewritten and underlined] \ Medium: Conte crayon on paper [typewritten] \ Size: 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches \ [printed sticker attached to label] J 880404NO [typewritten] M

    [removed] printed white label: [logo] \ Katonah Museum of Art \ THE TECHNOLOGICAL MUSE [typewritten] \ November 11, 1990 - February 3, 1991 [typewritten] \ Charles Sheeler [typewritten] \ Industrial Architecture, [underlined] 1931 [typewritten] \ 84.90 [typewritten] \ Route 22 at Jay Street \ Katonah, New York 10536

    [removed] printed white label: [H&A logo] HIRSCHL & ADLER \ Galleries, Inc. \ 21 East 70th Street, New York, N.Y. 10021 \ ARTIST: CHARLES SHEELER \ (1883-1965) \ NUMBER: APG 13921D \ TITLE: INDUSTRIAL ARCHITECTURE [underlined] \ MEDIUM: CONTE CRAYON ON PAPER \ SIZE: 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches \ DATE: 1931

    [removed] printed white label: glass/plexi/UF-3 [UF-3 circled in ink] \ dustsealed/not [not circled in ink] \ lifts/mat/liner [mat circled in ink] rag [in ink] \ picture hinged w/ rice paper hinges [in ink] \ backboard rag [in ink] \ primary backing material: Archival [in ink] \ corregated [sic] [in ink] \ isolating material: \ sealed/not [not slashed through with ink] \ 2ndary backing material: \ nails/mending plates [nails circled in ink] \ tape/paper [paper circled in ink] acid free red [in ink] \ comments:

    [removed] printed white label: 34. \ CHARLES SHEELER (1883-1965) \ INDUSTRIAL ARCHITECTURE, [underlined] 1931 \ CONTE CRAYON \ 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 INCHES

    [removed] printed red label: PLEXIGLASS \ Do Not Tape

    [removed] printed white label: M Museum 465 Huntington Avenue \ of Boston \ Fine Arts Massachusetts \ 02115-5597 \ Boston (617) 267-9300 \ [blue line] \ CHARLES SHEELER: PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS [underlined and typewritten] \ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [typewritten] \ October 13, 1987 - January 3, 1988 [typewritten] \ Whitney Museum of American Art, New York [typewritten] \ January 28, 1988 - April 17, 1988 [typewritten] \ Dallas Museum of Art [typewritten] \ May 15, 1988 - July 10, 1988 [typewritten] \ Industrial Architecture, [underlined and typewritten] cat. no. 039 [typewritten]

    [removed] printed white label: Whitney Museum of American Art \ 945 Madison Avenue New York, New York 10021 \ CSR.88.77.1 [typewritten] \ Charles Sheeler [typewritten] \ Industrial Architecture, [underlined and typewritten] 1931 [typewritten] \ Conte crayon on paper [typewritten] \ 9 1/2 x 7 1/2" [typewritten] \ CHARLES SHEELER: PAINTER - PHOTOGRAPHER [typewritten] \ January 27 - April 17, 1988 [typewritten] \ Organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, [typewritten] \ Boston [typewritten] \ Lent by Private Collection [typewritten]

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    1990.38

  • Copyright

    Public domain

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