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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1964.118
People
John Sloan, American (Lock Haven PA 1871 - 1951 New York NY)
Title
Atlantic City Beach
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1894
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308778

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and white gouache on cream card
Dimensions
36.1 x 17.3 cm (14 3/16 x 6 13/16 in.)
Margin drawn around image: 35.6 x 16.6 cm (14 x 6 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, u.r.: John / Sloan
  • inscription: removed from old backing, now in curatorial file, graphite: 10 x 17 1/2
  • inscription: removed from old backing, now in curatorial file, graphite: The Phila. Inquirer / Aug 19, 1894 [different hand from "Chap Book" inscription]
  • inscription: removed from old backing, now in curatorial file, graphite: Atlantic City Beach / Chap Book-1894 [different hand from "Phila. Inquirer" inscription]
  • inscription: verso, l.l.c., red ink: JS# / 522

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Kraushaar Galleries, New York, New York], sold; to John G. Pierce, 1952, bequest; to Mrs. John G. Pierce, Milton, Massachsetts, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1964.
John Pierce, Purchased from Kraushaar Galleries, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1964.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. John G. Pierce
Accession Year
1964
Object Number
1964.118
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • F. Penn, "Newspaper Artists: John Sloan", The Inland Printer (Chicago, IL, October 1894), vol. XIV, no. 1, reproduced in b/w p. 52
  • Nancy E. Green and Christopher Reed, JapanAmerica: Points of Contact, 1876-1970, exh. cat., Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art (Ithaca, New York, 2016)

Exhibition History

  • A Revolt: The 12345678, Lakeview Center for Arts and Sciences, Peoria, 09/12/1969 - 11/09/1969
  • JapanAmerica: Points of Contact, 1876-1970, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, 08/27/2016 - 12/18/2016; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, 02/12/2017 - 05/21/2017

Verification Level

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