Main entry:

Stebbins, Theodore E., author.

Title & Author:

The photography of Charles Sheeler : American modernist / Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Gilles Mora, Karen E. Haas.

Edition:

First American edition.

Publication:

Boston : Bulfinch Press, [2002]
©2002

Description:

224 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm

Notes:
"This book accompanies the exhibition 'The Photography of Charles Sheeler: American Modernist', curated by Gilles Mora and Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr.: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, October 23, 2002-February 2, 2003; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May 20, 2003-August 17, 2003; Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, Frankfurt, early 2004; The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, September 8, 2004-December 5, 2004" --Title page verso.
"First published in French by Editions du Seuil, Paris, under the title Charles Sheeler: Une modernité radicale." --Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-220).
Sheeler and photography / Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. -- 1915-1917 : Doylestown house and Bucks County, Pennsylvania -- 1916-1918 : African sculpture -- 1918-1919 Katherine -- Charles Sheeler : a radical moderism / Gilles Mora -- 1920 : Manhatta and views of New York -- "Opening the other eye" : Charles Sheeler and the uses of photography / Karen E. Haas -- 1927 : Ford plant, River Rouge -- 1929 : Chartres Cathedral -- Excerpts from Charles Sheeler's 1937 unpublished "Autobiography" -- 1929-1935 : interiors: South Salem, Mount Lebanon, and Williamsburg -- 1939 : power series.

Summary:

"This monograph presents the often-overlooked photographic work of Charles Sheeler. It opens with his Cubist-inspired architectural images of the 1910s, moves on to the highly abstract nude studies and dramatic New York City views from around 1920, and culminates in the series devoted to the Ford Motor Company's River Rouge plant in 1927, a project that established modern industrial iconography. Also featured are his stunning images of the Chartres cathedral done in 1929 and images of American industry made for Fortune magazine in 1939. Freely experimenting with the possibilities of the medium, Sheeler paved the way for other innovative photographers such as Walker Evans. This volume also investigates the links between the photographer and the painter Charles Sheeler - as he employed both media in the process of visual creation."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0821228129
9780821228128

Subject:

Sheeler, Charles, 1883-1965 Exhibitions.
Sheeler, Charles, 1883-1965 Catalogs.
Sheeler, Charles, 1883-1965
Photography, Artistic Exhibitions.
Photographie artistique Expositions.
Photography, Artistic
Foto's.
Modernisme (cultuur)

Form/genre:

Quotations (texts)
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Mora, Gilles, 1945- author.
Haas, Karen E., author.
Sheeler, Charles, 1883-1965, photographer.
Wissman, Fronia E., editor.
Aparicio, Ernesto, book designer.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, host institution.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution.
Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut Frankfurt am Main, host institution.
Detroit Institute of Arts, host institution.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 228615
Call No.: ND37.S541 S7 2002
Status: Available