Charles Sheeler

Kitchen of Governor's Palace, Williamsburg, Va.

Auction Closed

December 11, 04:21 PM GMT

Estimate

250,000 - 350,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of Carolyn & Roger Horchow, Dallas, Texas

Charles Sheeler

1883 - 1965

Kitchen of Governor's Palace, Williamsburg, Va.

signed Sheeler- and dated 1936. (lower right); also signed and dated again and titled Kitchen Governor's Palace Williamsburg, Va (lower margin beneath the mat)

conté crayon on paper laid down on board

image: 7 1/2 by 9 3/4 inches (19.1 by 24.8 cm)

sheet: 11 by 14 inches (27.9 by 35.6 cm)

Edith Gregor Halpert, New York, by 1939
Private collection
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1995

Martin Friedman, Charles Sheeler, New York, 1975, p.111, illustrated

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Charles Sheeler: Paintings, Drawings, Photographs, October-November 1939, no. 101, p. 52 (as Williamsburg Kitchen)