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.
James Gillray
1799, printed c. 1895
