A Sociable Evening at Henri's
Date1905
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumCarbon pencil on paper
Dimensionssheet: 7 1/2 × 10 15/16 in. (19.1 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Helen Farr Sloan, 2011
Object number2011-26
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis drawing shows good friends—John and Dolly Sloan, Robert and Linda Henri, and a bearded man—playing cards in the Henri's apartment. Instead of a convivial game around a table, each player appears to be engaging in his or her own game of solitaire, implying that the "sociable evening" of the title is meant ironically.
