John
Sloan (1871-1951)
Copyist
at the Metropolitan Museum
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1908, Etching.
Morse 148. Edition
Sloan 100, (75 printed); Weyhe 115. Signed in pencil. Signed and dated
in the plate, bottom center.
Image size 7 3/8 x
8 7/8 inches (187 x 225 mm); sheet size 9 3/8 x 11 inches (238 x 279 mm).
A superb impression,
in warm black ink, on cream wove Kitakata Japan paper, with margins (1
to 1 1/4 inches), in excellent condition. Archivally matted.
An impression from
the Weyhe edition. The two figures in the left foreground are John Sloan
and his wife Dolly.
“I remember
having trouble with an attempt at likenesses of myself and Dolly.... Why
should an artist be so critical in such an unimportant matter?”
–John Sloan (1946)
Reproduced in American
Master Prints from the Betty and Douglas Duffy Collection, The Trust
for Museum Exhibitions, Washington, D.C., 1987. Collections: LC Purchase,
Pennell Fund, NYPL.
$5000.
Sale
Price $3750. |