SHEELER CHARLES The Upper Deck

Sale 1947 - Lot 241

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Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000

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"The Upper Deck." Silver print after his painting of the same title, 6¾x9 inches (17.2x22.8 cm.), with a typed caption label, notations in pencil, and a MoMA hand stamp on verso. 1929; printed 1930s

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Charles Sheeler's painting, "The Upper Deck," was based on a photograph taken aboard the U. S. S. Majestic in 1928. It represented a turning point for Sheeler because, for the first time, he was able to achieve photographic qualities in paint. According to Sheeler experts and authors Theodore Stebbins, Jr. and Norman Keyes, Jr.: "'Upper Deck' [represents] the first time he did nothing to disguise or alter his photographic source." (See:<