Of Human Bondage, Chapter 21

1937

John Sloan

Associated Names
John Sloan

Artist, American, 1871 - 1951

Charles S. White

Printer, American, 1877 - 1955

Two men are depicted in a room. The standing man is facing left, looking slightly to the right at the seated man. He wears a long dark coat and trousers. The seated man is facing forward with a relaxed posture, resting an elbow on the arm of his chair and his hand on his chin. He wears a dark suit with a waistcoat. In the background, there is a shelf with books and a bust, along with artworks or portraits on the wall. The room appears cluttered and scholarly.
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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

    2015.19.3428

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Morse 1969, no. 281

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. 110.

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. 314, no. 281.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: John Sloan 37; lower left in graphite: 25 proofs JS; lower right in graphite: John Sloan; lower left edge in graphite: Chap XX. Of Human Bondage; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 8786

Wikidata ID

Q77010373

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