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        "accession_number": "1926.123",
        "share_license_status": "Copyrighted",
        "tombstone": "Hell Hole, 1917. John Sloan (American, 1871\u20131951). Etching and aquatint; platemark: 20.1 x 24.9 cm (7 15/16 x 9 13/16 in.); sheet: 27.5 x 33.7 cm (10 13/16 x 13 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ralph King, 1926.123. \u00a9  Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York",
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        "title": "Hell Hole",
        "creation_date": "1917",
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        "creation_date_latest": 1917,
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        "technique": "etching and aquatint",
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        "department": "Prints",
        "collection": "PR - Etching",
        "type": "Print",
        "measurements": "Platemark: 20.1 x 24.9 cm (7 15/16 x 9 13/16 in.); Sheet: 27.5 x 33.7 cm (10 13/16 x 13 1/4 in.)",
        "dimensions": {
            "platemark": {
                "height": 0.201,
                "height_inch": 7,
                "height_inch_fraction": 0.9375,
                "width": 0.249,
                "width_inch": 9,
                "width_inch_fraction": 0.8125
            },
            "sheet": {
                "height": 0.275,
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                "width_inch": 13,
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        "state_of_the_work": "II/II",
        "edition_of_the_work": null,
        "copyright": "\u00a9  Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York",
        "inscriptions": [],
        "exhibitions": {
            "current": [
                {
                    "id": 357312,
                    "title": "Prints of the Fifteenth to Twentieth Century from the Museum Collection",
                    "description": "<i>Prints of the Fifteenth to Twentieth Century from the Museum Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 5-September 12, 1934).",
                    "opening_date": "1934-06-05T04:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 309576,
                    "title": "A Golden Age of American Printmaking",
                    "description": "<i>A Golden Age of American Printmaking</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 12-April 11, 1982).",
                    "opening_date": "1982-01-12T05:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 309884,
                    "title": "Urban Vicissitudes",
                    "description": "<i>Urban Vicissitudes</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 2-September 29, 1985).",
                    "opening_date": "1985-07-02T04:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 311461,
                    "title": "Generous Donors: A Tribute to The Print Club of Cleveland",
                    "description": "<i>Generous Donors: A Tribute to The Print Club of Cleveland</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 2-August 4, 1991).",
                    "opening_date": "1991-04-02T05:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 381923,
                    "title": "Ashcan School Prints and the American City, 1900\u20131940",
                    "description": "<i>Ashcan School Prints and the American City, 1900\u20131940</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 18-December 26, 2021).",
                    "opening_date": "2021-07-17T04:00:00"
                }
            ],
            "legacy": []
        },
        "provenance": [],
        "find_spot": null,
        "related_works": [],
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        "did_you_know": "The Golden Swan, or Hell Hole bar, depicted here, was the inspiration for the saloon in the Eugene O\u2019Neill\u2019s play <em>The Iceman Cometh</em>,written in 1939.",
        "early_education_description": null,
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        "description": "The Golden Swan bar, nicknamed the Hell Hole, was a gathering place for the Ashcan artists, writers, and intellectuals in Manhattan\u2019s Greenwich Village. John Sloan\u2019s etching shows the back room of the establishment, which allowed female patrons and was patrolled by the bouncers known as Lefty Louis and John Bull, seen at the doorway. The cheerful clientele enjoy alcohol, intimate conversation, and heavy flirtation. Sloan depicted the playwright Eugene O\u2019Neill at the upper right, whose plays include characters on the fringes of society. Sloan\u2019s use of aquatint, a printmaking technique that creates tone in the image, adds to the smoky atmosphere of the late-night scene.",
        "external_resources": {
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                "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80056649"
            ],
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        },
        "citations": [],
        "catalogue_raisonne": "Morse 186",
        "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1926.123",
        "images": {},
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        "creditline": "Gift of Ralph King",
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                "description": "John Sloan (American, 1871\u20131951)",
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                "role": "artist",
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                "birth_year": "1871",
                "death_year": "1951",
                "use_in_caption": true,
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        "legal_status": "accessioned",
        "accession_date": "1926-06-04T00:00:00",
        "sortable_date": 1917,
        "date_added_to_oa": null,
        "date_text": "1917",
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        "cover_accession_number": null,
        "is_nazi_era_provenance": false,
        "impression": null,
        "alternate_titles": [],
        "is_highlight": false,
        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:47:19.543000"
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