id: 136601
accession number: 1961.162
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.162
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The Theater
, 1909. John Sloan (American, 1871–1951). Color monotype; platemark: 19.1 x 22.8 cm (7 1/2 x 9 in.); sheet: 27.3 x 27 cm (10 3/4 x 10 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L. Wilson in memory of Anna Elizabeth Wilson 1961.162 © Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
title: The Theater
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creation date: 1909
creation date earliest: 1909
creation date latest: 1909
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creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L. Wilson in memory of Anna Elizabeth Wilson
copyright: © Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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culture: America, 20th century
technique: color monotype
department: Prints
collection: PR - Monotype
type: Print
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catalogue raisonne: not in Morse
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CREATORS
* John Sloan (American, 1871–1951) - artist
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measurements: Platemark: 19.1 x 22.8 cm (7 1/2 x 9 in.); Sheet: 27.3 x 27 cm (10 3/4 x 10 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: What Was the Armory Show?
opening date: 1963-06-27T04:00:00
What Was the Armory Show?. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 27-September 15, 1963).
title: Prints and Drawings, 1916-1965
opening date: 1966-05-20T04:00:00
Prints and Drawings, 1916-1965. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 20-July 24, 1966).
title: The Painterly Print
opening date: 1980-05-01T04:00:00
The Painterly Print. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (May 1-June 29, 1980); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (July 29-September 28, 1980).
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: Metropolitan Lives: The Ashcan Artists and Their New York, 1897-1917
opening date: 1995-11-17T05:00:00
Metropolitan Lives: The Ashcan Artists and Their New York, 1897-1917. National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC (co-organizer) (November 17, 1995-March 17, 1996).
title: On the Edge of Your Seat: Popular Theatre and Film in Early 20th-century American Art
opening date: 2002-04-27T00:00:00
On the Edge of Your Seat: Popular Theatre and Film in Early 20th-century American Art. Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum (organizer) (April 27-August 4, 2002); Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Museum of American Art, Philadelphia, PA (February 8-April 20, 2003).
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).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L. Wilson, Canton, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: ?-1961
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: August 19, 1961
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fun fact:
To make this monotype, John Sloan covered a printing plate with ink and wiped it away in areas to create an image, a technique called "dark-field manner."
digital description:
The opera houses, symphony halls, and theaters constructed in the first quarter of the 1900s in America’s cities accommodated increasingly large audiences and constituted a new realm of “high” culture. This print records John Sloan’s first experience with opera: likely that of Tannhäuser or Louise, both of which he saw with his wife, Dolly, in February 1909. To make this monotype—a unique image printed from a design made on a printing plate—Sloan manipulated and wiped black and green ink to evoke the effects of artificial lighting on a darkened interior, focusing more attention on the crowd than on the performance itself.
wall description:
The opera houses, symphony halls, and theaters constructed in the first quarter of the 1900s in America’s cities accommodated increasingly large audiences and constituted a new realm of “high” culture. This print records John Sloan’s first experience with opera: likely that of Tannhäuser or Louise, both of which he saw with his wife, Dolly, in February 1909. To make this monotype—a unique image printed from a design made on a printing plate—Sloan manipulated and wiped black and green ink to evoke the effects of artificial lighting on a darkened interior, focusing more attention on the crowd than on the performance itself.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 357
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