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Rainy Night

c. 1910

John Sloan

(American, 1871–1951)
Culture
America
Medium
monotype
Measurements
Platemark: 15 x 10.9 cm (5 7/8 x 4 5/16 in.); Sheet: 21.5 x 14.6 cm (8 7/16 x 5 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in tribute to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams 1957.213
Catalogue raisonné
not in Morse
Copyright
© Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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This image is a monotype, which is a unique image made from a printing plate.

Description

For John Sloan, the city streets of New York City were like a continuous performance, full of impromptu sights and sounds. Here, he captured the sensory experience of a slick sidewalk on a rainy night as two women walk arm and arm with brownstones to their left. Sloan’s diary records the night that this work may have been made, in April 1907, when, as he wrote, his teacher and friend Robert Henri “came to dinner in the evening and we had a little monotype fun with the etching press.” Sloan’s manipulation of the burgundy ink conveys a translucent, reflective effect.

Rainy Night

c. 1910

John Sloan

(American, 1871–1951)
America

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