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Charles Sheeler 1883-1965
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description
- Charles Sheeler
- Study for Bucks County Barn
- signed Charles Sheeler and dated 1918, l.r.
- watercolor and conte crayon on paper
- 20 by 25 1/2 in.
- (50.8 by 64.8 cm)
Provenance
Edith Halpert (gift from the artist)
Estate of Edith Halpert (sold: Sotheby Parke Bernet, March 15, 1973, lot 102)
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Estate of Edith Halpert (sold: Sotheby Parke Bernet, March 15, 1973, lot 102)
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Exhibited
Greenwich, Connecticut, Bruce Museum, Reflections of Taste: American Art from Greenwich Collections, January-March 1997
Condition
Good condition; unframed: hinged to the mat at three places along the upper edge, 2 inch and ½ inch repaired tears in upper edge, pinholes in corners, a few minor discolorations in paper.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
An excerpt from the Bruce Museum wall text, where the present work was exhibited in 1997, states: "Charles Sheeler turned to modernism for a new vocabulary to express the qualities of modern life. In his famous series of Bucks County Barns he reduced this typical American scene to the essential structure of line and plane. He wrote of this series: 'I sought to reduce natural forms to the borderline of abstraction, retaining only those forms which I believe to be indispensable to the design of the picture ...' The wavy black line in this example is unique in the series and is intended to be an abstract simplifier of the accidental properties of weather."