Studies of Ruth Martin
Date1947
Artist
Helen Farr Sloan
(American painter, 1911–2005)
MediumGraphite on paper
Dimensions11 7/8 × 8 7/8 in. (30.2 × 22.5 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Helen Farr Sloan, 2014
Object number2014-303a
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextRecto for Female Figure Study.On this page from a sketchbook, Helen Farr Sloan recorded comments on Cézanne (likely John Sloan's) as she sketched Ruth Martin. A friend of the Sloans since the 1930s, Martin had used her modest salary as a secretary to build a collection of John Sloan's art. In 1947 John Sloan completed a portrait of Martin with her cat Winkie.
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