The Open Door

1932

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Conté crayon on paper, mounted on cardboard
Dimensions: 23 3/4 x 18 in. (60.3 x 45.7 cm)
Collection no.: 1992.24.7
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: Charles Sheeler Fair Use (WikiArt source label)License details

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Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Open Door — Charles Sheeler. 1932.

Medium: Conté crayon on paper, mounted on cardboard. Dimensions: 23 3/4 x 18 in. (60.3 x 45.7 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Edith and Milton Lowenthal Collection, Bequest of Edith Abrahamson Lowenthal, 1991.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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