Of Human Bondage, Chapter 47

1937

John Sloan

Associated Names
John Sloan

Artist, American, 1871 - 1951

Charles S. White

Printer, American, 1877 - 1955

This is a drawing of several figures around a dining table. The scene shows them engaged in a social gathering. One figure is holding a tray above their head. The setting is a dining room with a table set with bottles, glasses, and plates. The figures are dressed in period attire. The lines and postures convey movement and interaction among the figures.
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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: 29.05 × 23.5 cm (11 7/16 × 9 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.3427

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Morse 1969, no. 285

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. 1. New Haven, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1938, facing p. 286.

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. 318, no. 285.

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 Chap XLVII; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 8793

Wikidata ID

Q77010372

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