Fifth Avenue Critics

1905

John Sloan

Associated Names
John Sloan

Artist, American, 1871 - 1951

The image shows an etching of three individuals seated in a horse-drawn carriage. Two women are seated in the backseat, with different hairstyles and dresses. The man sitting beside them appears to be a coachman, wearing a traditional uniform. Another carriage with a person in fine clothing is seen in the background. The setting is an urban street with buildings and pedestrians in the background.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Mary E. Maxwell Fund, 1933)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 12.54 × 17.62 cm (4 15/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 26.35 × 32.39 cm (10 3/8 × 12 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.360

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Morse 1969, no. 128, x/xi

  • Series Title

    New York City Life

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1933; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1980

  • That’s Entertainment, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1980

1981

  • Of Time and Place: American Figurative Art from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1981-1983, pp. 84-85, repro

2007

  • Impressionism, Realism, Modernism: Works on Paper from the American Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2007

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, pp. 136-137, no. 128, x/xi.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: 1905 / Sloan; lower left in graphite: 100 proofs; lower right in graphite: John Sloan; lower center edge in graphite by unknown hand: Fifth Avenue Critics

Watermarks

FRANCE

Wikidata ID

Q77008668

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