On Being Interviewed on the Future of Art in America
Datec. 1907
Artist
Robert Henri
(American painter, 1865–1929)
MediumGraphite on paper
Dimensionssheet: 7 15/16 × 11 1/4 in. (20.2 × 28.6 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Helen Farr Sloan, 2011
Object number2011-23
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextFor nearly a year before the opening of the 1908 exhibition of the Eight at Macbeth Gallery, Henri and Sloan met with reporters to stir up interest in their rift with the National Academy and the independent exhibition they were planning. Here Sloan and Henri pitch their version of "the future of art in America" to an overwhelmed critic, who braces himself in the face of their exuberance. Standing to the right, rolling pin in hand, is Sloan's wife Dolly.
