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A black-and-white photograph of the exterior of a factory taken from the ground looking up toward the top of its stacks.
A black-and-white photograph of the exterior of a factory taken from the ground looking up toward the top of its stacks.

Ford Plant--Detroit

Charles Sheeler (1883-1965)

Object Details

  • Date

    1927

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Gelatin silver print

  • Dimensions

    Image: 9 1/2 x 7 9/16 in.
    Mount: 20 1/16 x 16 1/16 in.

  • Edition

    From an edition of approx. 3.

  • Inscriptions

    Verso:

    u.c. titled in red pencil: Ford Plant-Detroit

    u.c. signed in grey pencil: photo by

    u.c. signed in red pencil: Charles Sheeler

    u.c. in graphite: 7[circled] \ 4-1/2[circled] \ 114[circled]

    [removed] white printed label: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art \ Loan IMAGES OF AMERICA: PRECISIONIST PAINTING [typewritten] \ AND MODERN PHOTOGRAPHY [typewritten] \ Septmeber 9 - November 7, 1982 & circ.[typewritten] \ Registration Number 17.82.97[typewritten] \ Artist Charles SHEELER [typewritten] \ Title/Date Bleeder Stacks, Ford Plant, Detroit [underlined and typewritten] 1927[typewritten] \ Medium gelatin silver print [typewritten] Box 14 [in graphite] Size 9 3/8 x 7 3/8" (23.8 x 18.7) [typewritten] \ Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas

    [removed] white printed label: Kunsthaus Zurich, Heimplatz 1, CH-8001 Zurich \ Zweck: Ausstellung "Amerika 1920-1940" [typewritten] \ 263 [in graphite, circled] \ Kunstler: Charles Sheeler [typewritten] \ Titel: Ford Plant, Detroit, 1927 [typewritten] \ Besitzer: James Maroney [typewritten] \ Adresse: 129a East 74th Street, N.Y. [typewritten] \ 10021 [typewritten] \ Kat.-Nr.:

    [removed] white label in ink: 92

    [removed] white printed label: JAMES MARONEY \ incorporated \ J 770605 [stamped] M \ Charles Sheeler [1883-1965] [typewritten] \ Ford Plant, Detroit [underlined] (1927) [typewritten] \ Signed and titled, verso [typewritten] \ Photograph, 7 3/8 x 9 3/8 inches [typewritten] \ 129a East 74th Street, New York, N.Y. 10021

    [removed] white printed label: Hirschl & Adler [in ink] \ CHARLES SHEELER \ Ford Plant, Detroit [underlined] 1927 \ Photograph \ 7-3/8 x 9-3/8 in. \ Lines of Power [in ink, underllined] 1977 [in ink]

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1980.22.4

  • Copyright

    © Lane Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Additional details

Location: Off view
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