Machine

1949

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 30 1/8 × 40 1/8 in. (76.5 × 101.9 cm)
Collection no.: 2017.98
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Machine — Hedda Sterne. 1949.

Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 30 1/8 × 40 1/8 in. (76.5 × 101.9 cm).

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

Credit line: Purchase, Gift of Samuel Dretzin, by exchange, Bequest of Gioconda King, by exchange, Rogers Fund, by exchange, Funds from various donors, by exchange, and Gift of Chauncey Stillman, by exchange, 2017.

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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