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Stealing the Wash


Artist (American, 1871 - 1951)
Date1921
MediumEtching
DimensionsPlate: 3-5/8 x 2-5/16 inches (9.2 x 5.9 cm), sheet: 9-1/2 x 9-1/4 inches (24.1 x 23.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Delaware Art Museum and the Helen Farr Sloan estate
Object number2017.67
ClassificationsWork on Paper
Object NameEtching
CultureNorth American
NationalityAmerican
On View
Not on view
Century
  • Twentieth
More Information
Signedbottom right in plate: John Sloan / DEC 1921, bottom center: John Sloan
Inscribedbottom center: Stealing Wash / 100 proofs, bottom left: K71 / C3782, bottom right: CW
Exhibition HistoryFrom the Rooftops: John Sloan and the Art of a New Urban Space, Palmer Museum of Art, February 3–May 12, 2019; The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY, June 16–September 15, 2019Published ReferencesAdam M. Thomas, From the Rooftops: John Sloan and the Art of a New Urban Space (University Park: Palmer Museum of Art, 2019), 18, 19 (fig. 25), 74. Erin M. Coe, "John Sloan and the Art of a New Urban Space," American Art Review 31, no. 2 (April 2019): 88 (ill.).