Poster for the Fifth Annual Exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists
Date1921
Artist
James P. Butler
(American painter, 1893–1976)
Printer/Printmaker
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
Illustration CitationAdvertisement for Society of Independent Artists 5th Annual Show, 1921
MediumLinoleum block print
Dimensionssheet: 22 × 14 in. (55.9 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1988
Object number1988-75
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextJohn Sloan (president of the Society of Independent Artists) cut the linoleum block for this print based on a design by the painter James P. Butler. The subject, an artist painting outdoors, is appropriate for Butler, who learned to paint outside from his grandfather Claude Monet.
