Stairwell, Williamsburg

Charles Sheeler · 1935

You're looking at Stairwell, Williamsburg — a photograph by Sheeler, nineteen thirty-five. A gelatin silver print — the standard black-and-white photograph of the twentieth century, paper coated in gelatin holding light-sensitive silver, developed by hand in a tray. In the picture, look for the staircase.

Medium Gelatin silver print · Dimensions 9 5/16 × 6" (23.6 × 15.3 cm) · Credit Gift of Edward Steichen

Hanging beside it in The Edward Steichen Galleries: New England Interior, A Happy New Year

Works like this one elsewhere in the museum: "A Sea of Steps," Wells Cathedral, Dessau, A Snicket in Halifax, Paul Cadmus, Nantucket

More by Charles Sheeler here: Bucks County Barn, American Landscape