Doylestown House—Open Window
Artist
Charles Sheeler
(American, 1883 - 1965)
Dateca. 1917
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 8 15/16 × 6 9/16 inches (22.7 × 16.67 cm)
Mount: 16 × 13 inches (40.64 × 33.02 cm)
Mount: 16 × 13 inches (40.64 × 33.02 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.2922
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn mount verso, lower left, in pencil: "1953.713";
On mount verso, lower right, in pencil: "A".
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of an open window with a small flowering plant on the sill.Exhibition HistoryRotation 25. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 19, 2018- March 17, 2019, no cat.
A celebrated painter, Charles Sheeler initially took up photography as a way to make a living. In 1916–1917, he made a series of photographs focused on a farmhouse he rented in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. These views, as seen here, often emphasized the architectural and geometric beauty of the house’s interior.
Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, Ny;
Purchased from Pace/MacGill Gallery by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 2000;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Purchased from Pace/MacGill Gallery by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 2000;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
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