Man and Woman at the Theater
Date1893
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumInk on paper
Dimensionssheet: 8 7/8 × 5 3/4 in. (22.5 × 14.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1986
Object number1986-133.30
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextIn 1893, the Japanese newspaper artist Beisen Kubota visited Philadelphia and demonstrated his technique of drawing in ink with a brush. John Sloan and Robert Henri enthusiastically practiced the method in the months that followed.