Winnowing Wheat

1937

John Sloan

Associated Names
John Sloan

Artist, American, 1871 - 1951

The image shows a full-body view of a person standing and holding a round, flat object above a low wooden structure resembling a table. The individual is wearing a long-sleeved shirt and a long skirt cinched at the waist, in a slightly leaning stance. The person's facial features are detailed with prominent eyebrows and a serious expression, and their dark, wavy hair falls around their face. They are surrounded by an outdoor scene with a rustic building structure, a wooden ladder, and an oven-like structure. On the ground, there is a small animal lying and mounds of material, possibly grain. The background displays hills or mountains under a cloudy sky, completing the scene.
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Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

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. 330, no. 297, iii/iii.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: John Sloan 37; lower left in graphite: 100 proofs; lower center in graphite: Winnowing Wheat; lower right in graphite: John Sloan

Wikidata ID

Q76440933

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