id: 134696 accession number: 1957.213 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1957.213 updated: Rainy Night, c. 1910. John Sloan (American, 1871–1951). Monotype; platemark: 15 x 10.9 cm (5 7/8 x 4 5/16 in.); sheet: 21.5 x 14.6 cm (8 7/16 x 5 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in tribute to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams 1957.213 © Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York title: Rainy Night title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1910 creation date earliest: 1905 creation date latest: 1915 current location: creditline: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in tribute to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams copyright: © Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York --- culture: America, 20th century technique: monotype department: Prints collection: PR - Monotype type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: not in Morse --- CREATORS * John Sloan (American, 1871–1951) - artist --- measurements: Platemark: 15 x 10.9 cm (5 7/8 x 4 5/16 in.); Sheet: 21.5 x 14.6 cm (8 7/16 x 5 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Monotypes opening date: 1981-03-03T05:00:00 Monotypes. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 3-July 5, 1981). title: America Draws opening date: 1984-12-28T05:00:00 America Draws. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1984-March 17, 1985). title: Generous Donors: A Tribute to The Print Club of Cleveland opening date: 1991-04-02T04:00:00 Generous Donors: A Tribute to The Print Club of Cleveland. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 2-August 4, 1991). title: Monotypes: Painterly Prints opening date: 2015-05-31T00:00:00 Monotypes: Painterly Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 31-October 11, 2015). 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: This image is a monotype, which is a unique image made from a printing plate. digital description: For John Sloan, the city streets of New York City were like a continuous performance, full of impromptu sights and sounds. Here, he captured the sensory experience of a slick sidewalk on a rainy night as two women walk arm and arm with brownstones to their left. Sloan’s diary records the night that this work may have been made, in April 1907, when, as he wrote, his teacher and friend Robert Henri “came to dinner in the evening and we had a little monotype fun with the etching press.” Sloan’s manipulation of the burgundy ink conveys a translucent, reflective effect. wall description: For John Sloan, the city streets of New York City were like a continuous performance, full of impromptu sights and sounds. Here, he captured the sensory experience of a slick sidewalk on a rainy night as two women walk arm and arm with brownstones to their left. Sloan’s diary records the night that this work may have been made, in April 1907, when, as he wrote, his teacher and friend Robert Henri “came to dinner in the evening and we had a little monotype fun with the etching press.” Sloan’s manipulation of the burgundy ink conveys a translucent, reflective effect. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES