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THE COLLECTION OF TOTO & JIM FISHER
CHARLES SHEELER (1883-1965)
Tulips
Details
CHARLES SHEELER (1883-1965)
Tulips
signed twice 'Charles Sheeler' and dated '1931.' (lower right)
conté crayon on paper laid down on paperboard
30 x 23 in. (76.2 x 58.4 cm.)
Executed in 1931.
Tulips
signed twice 'Charles Sheeler' and dated '1931.' (lower right)
conté crayon on paper laid down on paperboard
30 x 23 in. (76.2 x 58.4 cm.)
Executed in 1931.
Provenance
Downtown Gallery, New York.
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Sheppard, New York, by 1935.
Mrs. Alfred E. Poor, New York, by descent from the above.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, 1980.
Private collection, acquired from the above, 1980.
Sotheby's, New York, 2 June 1983, lot 213.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York.
Acquired by the late owners from the above, 1983.
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Sheppard, New York, by 1935.
Mrs. Alfred E. Poor, New York, by descent from the above.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, 1980.
Private collection, acquired from the above, 1980.
Sotheby's, New York, 2 June 1983, lot 213.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York.
Acquired by the late owners from the above, 1983.
Literature
E. Brace, "Charles Sheeler," Creative Art, vol. XI, October 1932, pp. 97, 103-04.
C. Rourke, Charles Sheeler: Artist in the American Tradition, New York, 1938, pp. 127, 157-58, illustrated.
M. Friedman, Charles Sheeler, New York, 1975, pp. 91, 93, illustrated.
R. Reif, "Auctions: Sheeler work sets a record," New York Times, June 3, 1983, p. C26.
H. Schwalb, "A Family Affair: 'Fisher Highlights' uncovers some important Americans cropping up on dining-room walls," October 1985, p. 35.
C. Troyen, "The Open Window and the Empty Chair: Charles Sheeler's View of New York," The American Art Journal, vol. XVIII, no. 2, 1986, pp. 27, 31, illustrated.
K. Lucic, Charles Sheeler and the Cult of the Machine, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1991, pp. 133-34, fig. 68, illustrated.
M. Rawlinson, Charles Sheeler: Modernism, Precisionism and the Borders of Abstraction, London, 2007, pp. 113, 114.
C. Rourke, Charles Sheeler: Artist in the American Tradition, New York, 1938, pp. 127, 157-58, illustrated.
M. Friedman, Charles Sheeler, New York, 1975, pp. 91, 93, illustrated.
R. Reif, "Auctions: Sheeler work sets a record," New York Times, June 3, 1983, p. C26.
H. Schwalb, "A Family Affair: 'Fisher Highlights' uncovers some important Americans cropping up on dining-room walls," October 1985, p. 35.
C. Troyen, "The Open Window and the Empty Chair: Charles Sheeler's View of New York," The American Art Journal, vol. XVIII, no. 2, 1986, pp. 27, 31, illustrated.
K. Lucic, Charles Sheeler and the Cult of the Machine, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1991, pp. 133-34, fig. 68, illustrated.
M. Rawlinson, Charles Sheeler: Modernism, Precisionism and the Borders of Abstraction, London, 2007, pp. 113, 114.
Exhibited
(Probably) New York, Downtown Gallery, Charles Sheeler: Recent Works, November 18-December 7, 1931, no. 11.
(Probably) New York, Downtown Gallery, American Drawings, 1934.
Detroit, Michigan, Society of Arts and Crafts, Paintings by Charles Burchfield and Charles Sheeler, January 16-February 2, 1935, n.p., no. 37.
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Charles Sheeler: Paintings, Drawings and Photographs, 1939, p. 51, no. 85, illustrated.
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., American Art from the Gallery's Collection, October 4-25, 1980, p. 97, no. 82, illustrated.
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., Realism and Abstraction: Counterpoints in American Drawings, 1900-1940, November 12-December 30, 1983, p. 89, no. 103, illustrated.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, American Drawings and Watercolors in the Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, May 25-July 21, 1985, pp. 165-66, illustrated.
Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, Charles Sheeler: Paintings, Drawings and Photographs, October 13, 1987-January 3, 1988, pp. 128-29, no. 40, illustrated.
(Probably) New York, Downtown Gallery, American Drawings, 1934.
Detroit, Michigan, Society of Arts and Crafts, Paintings by Charles Burchfield and Charles Sheeler, January 16-February 2, 1935, n.p., no. 37.
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Charles Sheeler: Paintings, Drawings and Photographs, 1939, p. 51, no. 85, illustrated.
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., American Art from the Gallery's Collection, October 4-25, 1980, p. 97, no. 82, illustrated.
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., Realism and Abstraction: Counterpoints in American Drawings, 1900-1940, November 12-December 30, 1983, p. 89, no. 103, illustrated.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, American Drawings and Watercolors in the Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, May 25-July 21, 1985, pp. 165-66, illustrated.
Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, Charles Sheeler: Paintings, Drawings and Photographs, October 13, 1987-January 3, 1988, pp. 128-29, no. 40, illustrated.
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Quincie Dixon
Associate Specialist, Head of Sale