The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Turning Out the Light

Turning Out the Light

1905
(American, 1871–1951)
America, 20th century
etching on wove paper
Image: 11.7 x 16.8 cm (4 5/8 x 6 5/8 in.); Platemark: 12.4 x 17.3 cm (4 7/8 x 6 13/16 in.); Sheet: 23.8 x 30 cm (9 3/8 x 11 13/16 in.)
Gift of James and Hanna Bartlett 2018.1068
© Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

This print was removed from a 1906 exhibition of Sloan’s work because the organizers felt its content was too overtly sexual.

Description

This print belongs to a series John Sloan began in 1905 describing life in New York. After moving to the city from Philadelphia in 1904, Sloan worked as an illustrator and depicted the gritty and quotidian aspects of his new environs in prints, paintings, and drawings. Here, a couple prepares for bed in an urban apartment—perhaps similar to where the artist himself lived.
  • Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, NY
    2002-2018
    James and Hanna Bartlett, Lincoln, MA
    December 3, 2018
    the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Literature: Morse, Peter. John Sloan’s Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Etchings, Lithographs, and Posters (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1969) p. 143, ill. no. 134
  • {{cite web|title=Turning Out the Light|url=false|author=John Sloan|year=1905|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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