Fifth Avenue 1909
Date1941
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 7 15/16 × 5 15/16 in. (20.2 × 15.1 cm)
sheet: 16 15/16 × 12 3/8 in. (43 × 31.4 cm)
sheet: 16 15/16 × 12 3/8 in. (43 × 31.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1998
Object number1998-37
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextSloan copied this print from the photograph of his 1909 painting in Gist of Art, and he considered it a failure because he tried to mimic the tones of the painting. The etching won the $500 etching prize at the Artists for Victory exhibition.