Roofs, Summer Night, 1906
John Sloanexpand_more
Etchingexpand_more
The William Hood Dunwoody Fund, 1915expand_more P.50
Not on Viewexpand_more
John Sloan taught himself to etch from books. One of his first and most important fine-art efforts was a series called "New York City Life," which includes Roofs, Summer Night. "I always liked to watch the people in the summer, especially the way they live on the roofs," he wrote. However, Sloan's attempts to record the unvarnished realities of urban life were too racy for the early 1900s, and he had barely any takers even at $2 a print. Still, he broke ground by introducing topical urban imagery into American etching.
Details
- Title
- Roofs, Summer Night
- Artist Life
- 1871 - 1951
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- P.50
- Provenance
- (William MacBeth and Sons, New York); sold to MIA, 1915.
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Morse 137 ii/ii
- Curator Approved
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