old building with stucco walls; light inside shining through windows and partially open door on lower story; black sign at top left of building: SLOOP INN; woman walking with a cane on street below sign; night scene--sky is dark blue, buildings are blue-grey, street in grey

The Sloop Inn, St. Ives, 1904

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The Sloop Inn was the artist hangout in St. Ives, an English fishing village that became a popular artist colony in the 1880s. The pub even let artists use its walls as a gallery. Sydney Lee, a regular visitor to St. Ives, gave us an unusual take on this watering hole. Instead of showing the interior filled with people, we see the building in the moonlight, its clientele long since in bed. This place could be any building in an English village.

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Title
The Sloop Inn, St. Ives
Artist Life
1866–1949
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2018.43.4
Provenance
Sale, Feb. 2, 2013, Peter Kiefer Auction House, Pforzheim, Germany, lot 7363, to Bellagraphica; (Bellagraphica, Falmouth, Cornwall, England, 2013-17; sold to Kinney); Marla J. Kinney, Minneapolis (2017-18)
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old building with stucco walls; light inside shining through windows and partially open door on lower story; black sign at top left of building: SLOOP INN; woman walking with a cane on street below sign; night scene--sky is dark blue, buildings are blue-grey, street in grey