id: 125441 accession number: 1947.382 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1947.382 updated: Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum, 1908. John Sloan (American, 1871–1951). Etching; platemark: 18.5 x 22.4 cm (7 5/16 x 8 13/16 in.); sheet: 32.4 x 45 cm (12 3/4 x 17 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1947.382 © Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York title: Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1908 creation date earliest: 1908 creation date latest: 1908 current location: creditline: Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. copyright: © Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York --- culture: America, 20th century technique: etching department: Prints collection: PR - Etching type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Morse 148.VIII --- CREATORS * John Sloan (American, 1871–1951) - artist --- measurements: Platemark: 18.5 x 22.4 cm (7 5/16 x 8 13/16 in.); Sheet: 32.4 x 45 cm (12 3/4 x 17 11/16 in.) state of the work: VIII/VIII edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Graphic Humor opening date: 1982-06-01T04:00:00 Graphic Humor. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 1-August 29, 1982). 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Fifth Avenue building opened in 1902, and quickly became a leisure and culture destination for New Yorkers. digital description: John Sloan took pleasure in satirizing his own profession and particularly the aura that surrounded some art objects, artists, and collectors. This image may express amusement at the common phenomenon of spectators taking interest in a painting only when it is admired by others. Sloan included a self-portrait and a portrait of his wife, Dolly, in the foreground. wall description: John Sloan took pleasure in satirizing his own profession and particularly the aura that surrounded some art objects, artists, and collectors. This image may express amusement at the common phenomenon of spectators taking interest in a painting only when it is admired by others. Sloan included a self-portrait and a portrait of his wife, Dolly, in the foreground. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES