Pertaining to Yachts and Yachting

Gallery 201, American Art, second floor

Main Building

Pertaining to Yachts and Yachting

1922

Charles Sheeler (American, 1883–1965)

In the early 1920s, the photographer Paul Strand proposed a film project to Charles Sheeler (his collaborator on the 1920 film Manhatta) involving the New York Yacht Club. Never a sportsman, Sheeler may have studied the sailboats at the yacht club in anticipation of this never-realized film. One of several works on this subject, the Cubist-inspired Pertaining to Yachts and Yachting eloquently suggests the swift movement of several large vessels in the ocean, giving the viewer what one scholar called a "full yachting experience."

Gallery 201, American Art, second floor

Object Details

Title:

Pertaining to Yachts and Yachting

Date:

1922

Artist:

Charles Sheeler (American, 1883–1965)

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

20 × 24 1/16 inches (50.8 × 61.1 cm) Framed: 26 1/4 × 30 3/8 × 1 7/8 inches (66.7 × 77.2 × 4.8 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

Bequest of Margaretta S. Hinchman, 1955

Accession Number:

1955-96-9

Geography:

Made in New York, New York, United States, North and Central America

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Gallery 201, American Art, second floor

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