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Charles Sheeler — Ford Plant, River Rouge, Bleeder Stacks, Detroit
Charles Sheeler

Ford Plant, River Rouge, Bleeder Stacks, Detroit

Charles Sheeler's Ford Plant, River Rouge, Bleeder Stacks, Detroit is a gelatin silver print documenting industrial architecture, printed no later than 1941. The photograph exemplifies Sheeler's precisionist approach to capturing American industrial landscapes. The work transforms factory infrastructure into compositions of geometric clarity and visual power.

Medium
Gelatin silver print, printed no later than 1941.

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July 13, 2020

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Charles Sheeler, Ford Plant, River Rouge, Bleeder Stacks, Detroit

Charles Sheeler's Ford Plant, River Rouge, Bleeder Stacks, Detroit is a gelatin silver print documenting industrial architecture, printed no later than 1941. The photograph exemplifies Sheeler's precisionist approach to capturing American industrial landscapes. The work transforms factory infrastructure into compositions of geometric clarity and visual power.

Medium
Gelatin silver print, printed no later than 1941.
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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Industrial, Geometric, Monochrome, Bold, American, Photograph, Modernist, Urban, Architecture, Black and White

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art