Charles Sheeler

Figure of a Child

1921

A carved wooden standing child statue with stylized hair and hands clasped behind its back.
A carved wooden standing child statue with stylized hair and hands clasped behind its back.

Charles Sheeler, Figure of a Child, 1921. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 9 3/8 × 5 5/8 in. (23.8 × 14.3 cm) Image: 9 3/8 × 5 5/8 in. (23.8 × 14.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Tessim Zorach 79.85

Recto

Not on view

Date
1921

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 9 3/8 × 5 5/8 in. (23.8 × 14.3 cm) Image: 9 3/8 × 5 5/8 in. (23.8 × 14.3 cm)

Accession number
79.85

Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Tessim Zorach

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/4927



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