Chartres Cathedral, Detail of Buttresses

© Estate of Charles Sheeler

Chartres Cathedral, Detail of Buttresses

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Chartres Cathedral, Detail of Buttresses,

1929

Charles Sheeler, American, 1883–1965
x1971-318

Information

Title
Chartres Cathedral, Detail of Buttresses
Dates

1929

Maker
Charles Sheeler
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet: 34 x 25.7 cm. (13 3/8 x 10 1/8 in.) mount: 50.5 x 40.6 cm. (19 7/8 x 16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of David H. McAlpin, Class of 1920
Object Number
x1971-318
Place Depicted

Europe, France, Chartres, Chartres Cathedral

Inscription
In ink, upper left corner: Charles Sheeler / Chartres 1929
Reference Numbers
Stebbins and Keyes 68
Culture
American
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process, mounting
Subject
cathedrals, statues, buttresses, Catholicism

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