Charles Sheeler

Mechanization
1946

A painting depicting an industrial scene with machinery and geometric shapes in a muted color palette. Pipes, wheels, and mechanical parts are visible, creating an abstract composition. The artwork is signed and dated at the bottom right corner.

A painting depicting an industrial scene with machinery and geometric shapes in a muted color palette. Pipes, wheels, and mechanical parts are visible, creating an abstract composition. The artwork is signed and dated at the bottom right corner.

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Date
1946

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Tempera on paperboard

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

Accession number
83.2.1

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the John Hay Whitney Estate

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/1251

Exhibitions

Modernisms

Aug 29, 2007–Jan 13, 2008

Charles Sheeler
31 works in the collection

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