Guest of Honor, John Sloan
Date1941
Artist
Don Freeman
(American artist, 1908–1978)
MediumInk and graphite on paper
Dimensions12 × 9 in. (30.5 × 22.9 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Helen Farr Sloan, 2014
Object number2014-299a
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label Text1941 marked the 25th anniversary of the Society of Independent Artists. On April 7 the organization's president, John Sloan, was honored with a dinner at Petitpas Restaurant, in celebration of the group's Silver Jubilee Exhibition. There were 240 people in attendance, and the guests received a portrait (probably a lithograph) by Freeman of the guest of honor. This sketch and several others in the Museum collection seem to relate to that portrait, which also appeared in Don Freeman's Newsstand that spring.
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