Charles Sheeler

warm-toned, The Museum of Modern Art 1939 'Charles Sheeler Retrospective Exhibition' stamp and typed credit label reading 'Chartres Cathedral, 1929, original photograph by Charles Sheeler, Lent by the artist' on the reverse, framed, 1929, printed no later than 1939

Private Collection, New York

Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York

Irving Galleries, Palm Beach, 1999

This warm-toned photograph, on double-weight paper with a nearly matte surface, is in generally excellent condition. Upon very close examination, the following are barely visible: a small soft crease in the lower left quadrant; a deposit of retouching in the upper-central portion of the image; and a very small soft crease near the left edge, with 2 tiny attendant losses of emulsion. The margins are somewhat darkened and lightly soiled. The margin corners are bumped with the top paper-ply folding back at the tips. The reverse of the print is soiled, and there are rust-colored liquid deposits near the upper edge and on the typed credit label. Also on the reverse are two linen tape hinge remnants along the upper edge.
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