CHARLES SHEELER (1883-1965)
The Great Tree
signed and dated 'Sheeler. 1956' (lower right)--signed and dated again and inscribed with title (on the reverse)
ink, wash and pencil on paper laid down on board
6 ⅞ x 4 ½ in. (17.5 x 11.4 cm.), image; 12 x 8 in. (30.5 x 20.3 cm.), sheet
Executed in 1956.

PROVENANCE
The artist.
[With]The Downtown Gallery, New York.
Terry Dintenfass, Inc., New York.
Private collection, Vermont.

EXHIBITED
Los Angeles, California, Landau Gallery, April 1957.
Iowa City, Iowa, State University of Iowa, The Quest of Charles Sheeler: 83 Works Honoring His 80th Year, March 17-April 14, 1963, no. 71.
University Park, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State University; New York, Terry Dintenfass, Inc., Charles Sheeler; The Works on Paper, February 10-April 20, 1974, pp. 42-43, 81, no. 60, pl. XIX, illustrated.*L.N. Dochterman, The Stylistic Development of the Work of Charles Sheeler, vol. II, Ph.D. dissertation, State University of Iowa, 1963, p. 530, illustrated.