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Thu, Jul 16, 2020 11:00AM EDT
Lot 94

Charles Scheeler (1883-1965): An Unknown Pharaoh; Statuette of the Lady Teye; and Detail of the Satuette of the Lady Teye

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold for
$1,500
Sold Price excludes BP

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$200 $50
$500 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000

Three gelatin silver prints, all titled and inscribed 'Photographed by Charles Sheeler' on the reverse, both Lady Teye with the Metropolitan Museum of Art publication stamp on the reverse.

Two Lady Teye 10 x 8 in. (sheet), Pharaoh 9 x 7 1/2 in. (sheet), all unframed.

Note: In addition to being one of America's most distinguished 20th century painters, Charles Sheeler was an accomplished photographer who used his camera to make a lifelong study of the affinities between art of the past and present. From 1942 to 1945, Sheeler was a photography consultant at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, taking hundreds of photographs of the museum and its collections. The Met published three books illustrated with Sheeler's photographs: Egyptian Statues (1945); Egyptian Statuettes (1946); and The Great King, King of Assyria (1946). 

Condition

All with some creasing around the sheet edges. Pharaoh with a small area of ink center left. Otherwise all in good condition.Not withstanding this report or any discussion concerning condition of a lot, all lots are offered and sold "as is" in accordance with our conditions of sale.