To me, Sloan’s New York etchings read like cartoons. They offer humanity observed by a good-natured, curious spectator with a seriously inspired artistic talent. New York was a huge city and Sloan drew upon its people and surroundings for inspiration. People sleeping on the roofs on hot nights. Beautiful, silly young girls in high spirits walking across Washington Square. A penny arcade, hanging clothes, rag pickers, reading in the subway. These images burst with life and good humor. The images are halfway representational and half cartoon sketches. Spanning from 1905 to 1949, this collection was lovingly assembled by Sloan’s widow, Helen Farr Sloan, who included Sloan’s own comments from interviews and his diaries. Sloan gives us a real sense of what it was like to be a New Yorker in these years.
Deets & Condition
Dover, 1978. 8.5 × 11 inches. 67 etchings. Minor wear on cover. Owner stamp on flyleaf. Foxing flyleaf and outside edges of pages. Complete, unmarked, binding sound, images are vividly clear (see photos). Printed on good paper - coated stock.
To me, Sloan’s New York etchings read like cartoons. They offer humanity observed by a good-natured, curious spectator with a seriously inspired artistic talent. New York was a huge city and Sloan drew upon its people and surroundings for inspiration. People sleeping on the roofs on hot nights. Beautiful, silly young girls in high spirits walking across Washington Square. A penny arcade, hanging clothes, rag pickers, reading in the subway. These images burst with life and good humor. The images are halfway representational and half cartoon sketches. Spanning from 1905 to 1949, this collection was lovingly assembled by Sloan’s widow, Helen Farr Sloan, who included Sloan’s own comments from interviews and his diaries. Sloan gives us a real sense of what it was like to be a New Yorker in these years.
Deets & Condition
Dover, 1978. 8.5 × 11 inches. 67 etchings. Minor wear on cover. Owner stamp on flyleaf. Foxing flyleaf and outside edges of pages. Complete, unmarked, binding sound, images are vividly clear (see photos). Printed on good paper - coated stock.