Of Human Bondage, Chapter 96

1937

John Sloan

Associated Names
John Sloan

Artist, American, 1871 - 1951

Charles S. White

Printer, American, 1877 - 1955

The image shows two people seated in a chair, with their full bodies visible. The man on the right is leaning slightly forward, holding the woman on the left who is leaning against him with her eyes closed. The man has dark hair and a mustache, while the woman has long hair. She is wearing a light-colored dress, and he is dressed in darker clothing. They are in a room with a table nearby holding a lamp, a small object, and a pile of books or papers. There is a doorway in the background with light shining through, and an undefined decorative element is visible.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Olga Hirshhorn)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.76 × 10 cm (5 13/16 × 3 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 29.21 × 23.18 cm (11 1/2 × 9 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.3422

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Morse 1969, no. 293

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Olga Hirshhorn, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2004; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1938

  • Maugham, W. Somerset. Of Human Bondage, vol. 2. New Haven, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1938, facing p. 630.

1969

  • Morse, Peter. John Sloan's Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Etchings, Lithographs, and Posters. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1969, p. 326, no. 293.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: John Sloan 37; lower left in graphite: 25 JS proofs; lower right in graphite: John Sloan; lower center margin in graphite: Of Human Bondage Ch. XCVI.; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 8782

Wikidata ID

Q77010354

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