
Art Institute of Chicago
Nude Torso
Charles Sheeler · c. 1920
Provenance
Ownership history
- The artist; sold by Marius de Zayas to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1921.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, "Century of Progress Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture," June 1-Nov. 1, 1933, cat. 1074.
- New York, Museum of Modern Art, "Charles Sheeler: Paintings, Drawings, Photographs," Oct. 2-Nov. 1, 1939, cat. 71, p. 22 (ill.), as Torso.
- Iowa City, University of Iowa, "The Quest of Charles Sheeler," Mar. 17-Apr. 14, 1963, cat. 25.
- Berlin, Akademie der Künste, "Amerika: Traum und Depression, 1920 / 1940," Nov. 9–Dec. 28, 1980, cat. 294, as Female Torso; also Hamburg, Kunstverein, Jan. 11–Feb. 15, 1981.
- Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, "Charles Sheeler: Paintings, Drawings, Photographs," Oct. 13, 1987-Jan. 3, 1988, cat. 15, p. 79 (ill.); also New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Jan. 28-Apr. 17, 1988; and Dallas Museum of Art, May 15-July 10, 1988.
- Art Institute of Chicago, "Modern in America: Works on Paper, 1900-1950s," Jan. 30-May 3, 2010, no cat.
Literature
Published references
- Lillian Dochterman, The Stylistic Development of the Work of Charles Sheeler (Ph.D. diss., State University of Iowa, 1963), pp. 255, no. 24.107.
- Carol Troyen and Erica E. Hirshler, Charles Sheeler: Paintings and Drawings, exh. cat. (Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1987), p. 78-79, no. 15 (ill.).
- Judith A. Barter et al., "American Modernism at the Art Institute of Chicago, From World War I to 1955," (Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press, 2009), no. 26.
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