Side of White Barn

1917

Charles Sheeler

Associated Names
Charles Sheeler

Artist, American, 1883 - 1965

This is a photograph of a barn wall. The image captures a section of a barn with textured wooden siding extending vertically, showing knot markings and natural wood grain patterns. The lower part of the wall is a solid, rough-textured plaster or stone facade, with three wooden doors of different shapes and sizes. The primary door is centrally placed, while the others are on the left and right side of the wall. One door may serve as a window cover, and the other as a functional door. To the right, there is a small square window with a grid of panes. A pile of hay or straw is seen in the dirt at the wall's base. The monochromatic tone of the photograph highlights the intricate details of the woodwork and textures of the materials.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    New Century Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 19.5 x 24.3 cm (7 11/16 x 9 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1998.19.4


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mrs. Saundra Lane, Lunenburg, MA; purchased with funds donated from the New Century Fund by NGA, 1998.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1999

  • Photographs from the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999.

2018

  • Cult of the Machine: Precisionism and American Art, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young Museum; Dallas Museum of Art, 2018-2019.

Bibliography

1975

  • Friedman, Martin. Charles Sheeler. New York, 1975: p. 27.

1987

  • Stebbins, Theodore E., Jr., and Norman Keyes, Jr. Charles Sheeler: The Photographs. Exh. cat. Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, 1987: pl. 21.

1997

  • Lucic, Karen. Charles Sheeler in Doylestown: American Modernism and the Pennsylvania Tradition. Exh. cat. Allentown Art Museum. Allentown (Pennsylvania), 1997: pl. 27.

Inscriptions

all on mount: lower left printed on sticker: 898; lower right typed on label: Charles Sheeler, New York, 47 W, 49th Street; center verso: artist's stamp; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: L95.3.2165; lower right verso: [?] stamp

Wikidata ID

Q64145815

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