Blue Ridge Mountains

Charles Sheeler (American, 1883–1965)

1937

Medium/TechniqueOpaque watercolor (tempera?) over graphite pencil on paper

DimensionsSheet: 24.5 x 35.5 cm (9 5/8 x 14 in.)
Framed: 50.5 x 60 cm (19 7/8 x 23 5/8 in.)

Credit LineGift of the William H. Lane Foundation

Accession number1990.444

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ClassificationsDrawings / Watercolors

Collections

ProvenanceFebruary 18, 1938, consigned by the artist to Downtown Gallery, New York (stock no. 62) [see note 1]; May 28, 1954, sold by Downtown Gallery to the William H. Lane Foundation, Leominster, MA [see note 2]; 1990, gift of the William H. Lane Foundation to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 18, 1990)

NOTES:
[1] Archives of American Art, Downtown Gallery Records, Series 4, Business Records: Purchase Slips (2 of 2), 1938: Reel 5613 (Box 66), Frame 727.

[2] Archives of American Art, Downtown Gallery Records, Series 4, Business Records: Sales Slips (1 of 2), 1954: Reel 5627 (Box 72), Frame 933.