The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Architectural Cadences

Architectural Cadences

1954
(American, 1883–1965)
America, 20th century
color screenprint
Sheet: 27.5 x 34.3 cm (10 13/16 x 13 1/2 in.); Image: 15.7 x 22 cm (6 3/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Bequest of Lockwood Thompson (by exchange) 1997.155
Catalogue raisonné: Gordon 6; Kristy Bryce, 2008, no.6
Location: not on view

Description

Sheeler merged musical analogy with machine aesthetics. The repetitive pattern of the architecture in this screenprint suggests the regular beat or rhythm of a musical sequence, or cadence.
  • Floriano Vecchi
    Floriano Vecchi
  • Julie Mehretu: Portals (FRONT International: Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 13, 2022).
    From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg: Recently Acquired Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17-November 26, 2000).
  • {{cite web|title=Architectural Cadences|url=false|author=Charles Sheeler|year=1954|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1997.155