Charles Sheeler

Mechanization

1946

Large industrial pipes and valve fittings viewed from below with strong light and shadow.
Large industrial pipes and valve fittings viewed from below with strong light and shadow.

Charles Sheeler, Mechanization, 1946. Tempera on paperboard, overall: 12 1/8 × 16 5/16 in. (30.8 × 41.4 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the John Hay Whitney Estate 83.2.1

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Date
1946

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Tempera on paperboard

Dimensions
Overall: 12 1/8 × 16 5/16 in. (30.8 × 41.4 cm)

Accession number
83.2.1

Credit line
Gift of the John Hay Whitney Estate

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

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