Charles Sheeler - Important Photographs from the Collection of Dr. Anthony Terrana New York Tuesday, April 2, 2013 | Phillips

Important Photographs from the Collection of...

2 & 3 April 2013
New York

  • Provenance

    From the artist to an intimate of Walker Evans by descent to a private collector
    By descent to a Private Collection, New England
    Robert Klein Gallery, Boston

  • Literature

    Stebbins & Keyes, Charles Sheeler: The Photographs, pl. 67

  • Catalogue Essay

    “It is also within the province of the photographer to seek the same underlying abstract structure and, having found it to his satisfaction, to record it with his camera, with an exactitude not to be achieved through any other medium.” CHARLES SHEELER

IMPORTANT PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. ANTHONY TERRANA

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Charles Sheeler

Chartres-Flying Buttresses at the Crossing

1929
Gelatin silver print.
9 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (24.8 x 19.1 cm)
Signed, titled 'Chartres' and dated in pencil on the mount.

Estimate
$50,000 - 70,000 

Sold for $50,000

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Vanessa Kramer Hallett
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Important Photographs from the Collection of Dr. Anthony Terrana

2 & 3 April 2013
New York