Nude on Stairs

1930

John Sloan

Associated Names
John Sloan

Artist, American, 1871 - 1951

The image shows a full-bodied nude figure sitting on a set of stairs. The person is seated with their body slightly turned to the side, looking down at an open book. The individual's face is serene, with soft lines and short, wavy hair. Beside them, there is a cloth and a pair of shoes. The background is the interior of a staircase, with deep shadows creating contrast.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.4 × 20.32 cm (10 × 8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.1880

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Morse 1969, no. 241, ix/ix

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1963

  • American Artists as Print Makers, Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, 1963, no. 190.

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. 266-267, no. 241, ix/ix.

Wikidata ID

Q65510459

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