Of Human Bondage, Chapter 87

1937

John Sloan

Associated Names
John Sloan

Artist, American, 1871 - 1951

Charles S. White

Printer, American, 1877 - 1955

The image shows three individuals in a room. In the center, a woman stands between two seated men. The woman has long flowing hair and wears a patterned dress with puffed sleeves. The man on the left has a long beard and wears a dark suit while the man on the right has a mustache and holds a glass. On the table in front of the man are various foods. The background features ornate frames on the walls, suggesting paintings or decorative elements.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Olga Hirshhorn)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.92 × 10 cm (5 7/8 × 3 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 29.37 × 23.18 cm (11 9/16 × 9 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.3425

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Morse 1969, no. 291, iii/iii

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. 564.

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. 324, no. 291, iii/iii.

Inscriptions

lower right 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. LXXXVII.; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 8790

Wikidata ID

Q77010359

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