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A black and white photograph of a stone barn.

The black and white photograph shows a tall stone barn built into the side of a hill. The front of the barn is wooden edged with stone. One door is open. The roof is shingled, the shingles on the edge are uneven and missing in some places. There is a split rail fence in front of the barn. There is an open door and one window on the left side, another lower building is visible on the right. On the right edge the corner of another stone building is visible. A road runs from the bottom edge across to the right.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1971.33
People
Charles Sheeler, American (Philadelphia, PA 1883 - 1965 Dobbs Ferry, NY)
Title
Barn, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1918
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Pennsylvania, Bucks County
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/284955

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
actual: 24 x 19 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: inscribed in graphite on recto, lower left: 25inscribed in graphite on verso: Gift of Professor Pope; inscribed in graphite on verso: Barn, Pennsylvania, Bucks County Charles Sheeler

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Fine Arts Library
Copyright
© The Lane Collection
Accession Year
1971
Object Number
P1971.33
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1300 Early Modernism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/19/2017 - 04/05/2018

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