Turning Out the Light, First State
Date1905
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 5 × 7 in. (12.7 × 17.8 cm)
sheet: 9 13/16 × 12 3/4 in. (24.9 × 32.4 cm)
sheet: 9 13/16 × 12 3/4 in. (24.9 × 32.4 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Helen Farr Sloan, 2014
Object number2014-28
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextIn this first state of Sloan's print, the figure in the bed is far more visible. In the final version, he would be cast in shadow. Despite this change, the print would still be scandalous in the early 20th century.
