The Woman's Page

1905

John Sloan American, 1871-1951

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About the Artwork

John Sloan was the most accomplished and most dedicated printmaker of the group of New York artists who, because they portrayed the everyday life of the lower classes, were referred to as the “Ash Can School.” Sloan commented on the “New York City Life” series: “Observation of life in furnished rooms in back of my 23rd Street studio inspired many of my etchings and paintings of this period ... this woman in this sordid room, sordidly dressed—undressed—with a poor kid crawling around the bed—reading the Woman’s Page, getting hints on fashion and housekeeping. That’s all. It was the irony of that I was putting over.”

Title The Woman's Page

Artwork Date 1905

Artist John Sloan

Life Dates 1871-1951

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. American

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Etching printed in black ink on wove paper

Dimensions Plate: 5 × 6 7/8 inches (12.7 × 17.5 cm) Sheet: 9 1/2 × 12 3/8 inches (24.1 × 31.4 cm)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of Bernard F. Walker

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 64.279

Markings

Signed Signed and dated, in plate, lower left: John | Sloan 1905 Signed, in pencil within plate mark, lower right: John Sloan

Inscriptions Inscribed, in pencil, lower left: The Women's Page Inscribed, center bottom margin: 100 proofs Inscribed, lower left corner: #15- Inscribed, bottom right edge: Kr 39- NY

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1964-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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