Ladle on a Hot Metal Car, Ford Plant

Photography and Media

1927

Charles Sheeler
American, 1883–1965

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: Charles Sheeler
Title: Ladle on a Hot Metal Car, Ford Plant
Place: United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1927
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Inscriptions: No markings on recto or verso of print; stamped piece of cardboard affixed to mount recto, lower center, in light blue ink: "Charles Sheeler/ 310 East 44th Street/ New York"; stamped piece of cardboard affixed to mount recto, lower center, in light blue ink: "JULIEN LEVY GALLERY / 602 MADISON AVENUE / NEW YORK CITY"; inscribed piece of cardboard affixed to mount recto, lower center, in graphite: "# 015"
Dimensions: 24 × 19.1 cm (9 1/2 × 7 9/16 in.)
Credit Line: Julien Levy Collection, Special Photography Acquisition Fund
Reference Number: 1979.112

Art Institute of Chicago, “Photographs from the Julien Levy Collection: Starting with Atget,” December 11, 1976–February 20, 1977; traveled to the International Center of Photography, New York, April 21-May 29, 1977; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, November 4-December 18 1977; Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, January 13-Ferbruary 26, 1978; Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Peoria, Illinois, March 16-April 30, 1978; and Cincinnati Art Museum, November 17-December 24, 1978. (David Travis)
New York, New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art, “The American Century: Art and Culture” April 22 - August 22, 1999.

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