Wake of the Ferry, No. 1, 1907

  • John Sloan, American, 1871-1951

Oil on canvas

  • Unframed: 26 × 32 inches (66 × 81.3 cm)
  • 31 7/8 × 37 7/8 × 3 1/8 inches (81 × 96.2 × 7.9 cm)

Gift of Miss Amelia Elizabeth White

61.165

On View

  • Modern, Level 2, North

Department

American Art before 1950

Signed and dated, lower right: John Sloan '07

Amelia Elizabeth White (Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA)

1961-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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John Sloan, Wake of the Ferry, No. 1, 1907, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Miss Amelia Elizabeth White, 61.165.