id: 120798
accession number: 1941.526
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1941.526
updated: 2022-01-04 15:23:40.376000
Shine, Washington Square, New York City, 1923. John Sloan (American, 1871-1951). Lithograph; image: 18.2 x 22.7 cm (7 3/16 x 8 15/16 in.); sheet: 24.3 x 38.7 cm (9 9/16 x 15 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection 1941.526 © Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
title: Shine, Washington Square, New York City
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creation date: 1923
creation date earliest: 1923
creation date latest: 1923
current location:
creditline: Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection
copyright: © Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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culture: America, 20th century
technique: lithograph
department: Prints
collection: PR - Lithograph
type: Print
find spot:
catalogue raisonne: Morse 210
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CREATORS
* John Sloan (American, 1871-1951) - artist
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measurements: Image: 18.2 x 22.7 cm (7 3/16 x 8 15/16 in.); Sheet: 24.3 x 38.7 cm (9 9/16 x 15 1/4 in.)
state of the work: only state
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Urban Vicissitudes
opening date: 1985-06-25T04:00:00
Urban Vicissitudes. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 25-September 29, 1985).
title: Ashcan School Prints and the American City, 1900-1940
opening date: 2021-07-18T04:00:00
Ashcan School Prints and the American City, 1900-1940. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 18-December 26, 2021).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
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fun fact:
Washington Arch, seen behind the figures in this print, was dedicated in 1895 as a monument to the centenary of George Washington’s inauguration.
digital description:
In the 1920s, a growing number of women worked in secretarial and retail jobs in America’s cities. Many artists could not resist portraying these unaccompanied women as they enjoyed the city on their lunch hours or spent their meager wages in pursuit of fun. Here, John Sloan captured a humorous dynamic in Washington Square Park, near his Greenwich Village apartment. As two young women converse, they are oblivious to the older man on the same bench who appears fascinated by the available view of the woman’s leg.
wall description:
In the 1920s, a growing number of women worked in secretarial and retail jobs in America’s cities. Many artists could not resist portraying these unaccompanied women as they enjoyed the city on their lunch hours or spent their meager wages in pursuit of fun. Here, John Sloan captured a humorous dynamic in Washington Square Park, near his Greenwich Village apartment. As two young women converse, they are oblivious to the older man on the same bench who appears fascinated by the available view of the woman’s leg.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Catalogue of an exhibition of the art of lithography: commemorating the sesquicentennial of its invention, 1798-1948. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, November 11, 1948-January 2, 1949. Published as: Shoe Shine, Washington Square, New York City.
page number: Mentioned: p. 64
url: https://archive.org/details/Lithography/page/n71
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