id: 140102
accession number: 1964.110
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.110
updated: 2022-01-04 16:26:31.297000
Reading in the Subway, 1926. John Sloan (American, 1871-1951). Etching; platemark: 12.5 x 10.1 cm (4 15/16 x 4 in.); sheet: 28 x 23.8 cm (11 x 9 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection 1964.110 © Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
title: Reading in the Subway
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creation date: 1926
creation date earliest: 1926
creation date latest: 1926
current location:
creditline: Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection
copyright: © Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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culture: America, 20th century
technique: etching
department: Prints
collection: PR - Etching
type: Print
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catalogue raisonne: Morse 223
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CREATORS
* John Sloan (American, 1871-1951) - artist
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measurements: Platemark: 12.5 x 10.1 cm (4 15/16 x 4 in.); Sheet: 28 x 23.8 cm (11 x 9 3/8 in.)
state of the work: III/III
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection
opening date: 1968-06-11T04:00:00
Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 11-October 21, 1968).
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:
Below this print, Sloan wrote a quote from the poem A Ballad upon a Wedding by the 17th-century English poet Sir John Suckling.
digital description:
While etiquette manuals in the Victorian era restricted eye contact between strangers, such strictures were challenged by the culture emerging in New York City in the first decades of the 1900s. Public transportation provided people watching of the type unheard of just decades before—especially of women unaccompanied on their commute to office or retail jobs. Here, John Sloan depicted a woman lost in a book. Her crossed legs and the hint of a garter are on display. Never one to miss an opportunity for cheeky humor, Sloan added an advertisement behind the girl, reading “Rub with Sloan’s Ointment.”
wall description:
While etiquette manuals in the Victorian era restricted eye contact between strangers, such strictures were challenged by the culture emerging in New York City in the first decades of the 1900s. Public transportation provided people watching of the type unheard of just decades before—especially of women unaccompanied on their commute to office or retail jobs. Here, John Sloan depicted a woman lost in a book. Her crossed legs and the hint of a garter are on display. Never one to miss an opportunity for cheeky humor, Sloan added an advertisement behind the girl, reading “Rub with Sloan’s Ointment.”
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