Church Street El
1920
Charles Sheeler
Charles Sheeler (American, 1883–1965)
American Painting and Sculpture
Church Street El, 1920. Charles Sheeler (American, 1883–1965). Oil on canvas; framed: 60 x 67.5 x 6 cm (23 5/8 x 26 9/16 x 2 3/8 in.); unframed: 41 x 48.5 cm (16 1/8 x 19 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1977.43 Sheeler and his good friend, the poet William Carlos Williams, patronized speakeasies together during Prohibition.
- Maker/Artist
- Sheeler, Charles
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 60 x 67.5 x 6 cm (23 5/8 x 26 9/16 x 2 3/8 in.); Unframed: 41 x 48.5 cm (16 1/8 x 19 1/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signed lower right: "Sheeler 1920"
- Departments
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1977.43
- Credit Line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1977, American Realism, 1920 - 1940, The Precisionist Aesthetic in American Art, Mad for Modernism: Earl Horter and His Collection, Der kühle Blick, Charles Sheeler: Mediums and Messages, Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties, The Cult of the Machine: Precision in American Art, New York, Whitney Studio Galleries, Exhibition of Selected Works by Charles Sheeler (1 March-31 March 1924)., Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, The Precisionist Aesthetic in American Art (24 January-9 April 1989), Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Mad for Modernism: Earl Horter and His Collection, (7 March-16 May 1999), plate 78, p. 122, also included two footnotes concerning Sheeler and his relationship to Horter (p. 61), and pp. 173, 180-181, 184., New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, The American Century: Art & Culture 1900-1950 (23 April-22 August 1999), cat. no. 273, illus. p. 148., Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Der kühle Blick: Realismus der Zwanzigerjahre in Europa und Amerika (1 June-2 September 2001), illus. p. 311., National Gallery of Art (5/7/2006-9/4/2006), Art Institute of Chicago (10/15/2006-1/7/2007), Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, MH de Young Museum (2/10/2007-5/6/2007): "Charles Sheeler: Mediums and Messages", Brooklyn Museum of Art (10/28/2011 - 1/22/2012), Dallas Museum of Art (2/24/2012 - 5/27/2012), and Cleveland Museum of Art (7/1/2012 - 9/16/2012): "Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties", Fig. 105, p. 143., <em>The Collection of Earl Horter.</em> Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (February 17-1-March 13, 1934)., <em>Modern Paintings from the Collection of Mr. Earl Horter of Philadelphia</em>. The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL (April 3 - April 26, 1934); no. 57, <em>Charles Sheeler: Paintings, Drawings, Photographs</em>. Museum of Modern Art. New York, NY (1939), no. 11, listed p. 46., <em>Charles Sheeler.</em> National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (October 10-November 24 ,1968); Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (January 10-February 16, 1969); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (March 11-April 27,1969); no. 24, illus. p. 39,, mentioned briefly in essays by both Martin Friedman ("The Art of Charles Sheeler: Americana in a Vacuum") p. 40, and Bartlett Hayes ("Reminiscence") p. 70., Berlin, Academy of Fine Arts, America: Traum und Depression 1920-1940, (1980), pp. 109-137, illus. p. 89, pl. 8, cat. no. 292., San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Images of America: Precisionist Painting and Modern Photography, (9 September-7 November 1982); traveled to Saint Louis, The Saint Louis Art Museum (6 December 1982-30 January 1983); Baltimore, The Baltimore Museum of Art (28 February-25 April 1983); Des Moines, Des Moines Art Center (23 May-17 July 1983); Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art (15 August-9 October 1983), no. 92, plate 18 (also reproduced on cover),, included essay by Karen Tsujimoto entitled "Charles Sheeler: Precisionist Painter and Modern Photographer," (pp. 73-85, 172-173) which discusses the CMA painting., Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Charles Sheeler: Paintings and Drawings, (13 October 1987- 3 January 1988); traveled to New York, Whitney Museum of American Art (28 January-17 April 1988); Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art (15 May-10 July 1988), no. 16, p. 80,, also included parts from essay by Carol Troyen and Erica E. Hirshler, "From the Eyes Inward: Paintings and Drawings by Charles Sheeler," (pp. 9-11, 36-37), which point out the fact that the CMA painting was derived from Manhatta.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 226A American Modern
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