Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Sheeler, Charles, 1883-1965
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- Charles Sheeler papers
- Sponsor
- Funding for processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art
- Extent
- (Boxes 2-4, 7; 1.5 linear feet)
- Date
- 1923-1966
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.sheechar, Series 5
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Charles Sheeler papers, circa 1840s-1966, bulk 1923-1965. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement note
- The series is arranged into seven subseries: Subseries 5.1: Exhibition Catalogs, 1946-1966 Subseries 5.2: Exhibition Announcements, 1946-1966 Subseries 5.3: Museum Bulletins, 1949-1963 Subseries 5.4: Books, 1945-1946, 1959 Subseries 5.5: Journals and Magazines, 1923-1966 Subseries 5.6: Newspaper Clippings, 1931-1966 Subseries 5.7: Miscellaneous Printed Materials, 1959-1965
- Collection Rights
- The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
- Scope and Contents note
- Printed materials are extensive and dates from 1923-1966. Found are exhibition catalogs, announcements, brochures and museum bulletins that document the numerous exhibitions in which Sheeler participated. The series also includes art journals and magazines that featured Sheeler's artwork or published his writings. The newspaper clippings are also extensive, and document Sheeler's career and personal interests. The clippings often featured Sheeler's wife Musya and friends including William Carlos Williams and Agnes Meyer. Books in the series include Egyptian Statues, and The Great King?King of Assyria, published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan publications are illustrated with Sheeler's photography and examples of his work as a still photographer. Miscellaneous printed materials include a publicity packet for the television program "The Artists Eye" which featured Sheeler in 1963, an invitation to John Fitzgerald Kennedy's Presidential Inaugural and the funeral eulogy for his friend Eugene Meyer.
- Collection Restrictions
- The collection is open for research. Use requires an appointment.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503512865595-1503512865617-4
