conté crayon on paper 9 h × 9½ w in (23 × 24 cm)
Signed to lower right ‘Sheeler’. This work is an original drawing created by Sheeler that was inspired by a larger example made on commission for Mrs. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, one of the artist's most important patrons. This example, as well as the larger final drawing, depicts a sentimental portrait of Central Park viewed from the American Museum of Natural History, of which Mrs. Rockefeller was particularly fond.
provenance: Acquired prior to 1961, Collection of Edith Gregor Halpert | Collection of Harry Spiro | Acquired from the previous in 1973, Private Collection
exhibited: Charles Sheeler: Retrospective Exhibition, 17 November - 31 December 1961, Allentown Art Museum, Pennsylvania
literature: Charles Sheeler: Paintings and Drawings, Troyen and Hirshler, pg. 144 Charles Sheeler: Retrospective Exhibition, Allentown Art Museum exhibition catalog, pg. 19, no. 16 illustrates this work
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