Mother, First State
Date1906
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 9 × 7 1/2 in. (22.9 × 19.1 cm)
sheet: 10 15/16 × 8 3/4 in. (27.8 × 22.2 cm)
sheet: 10 15/16 × 8 3/4 in. (27.8 × 22.2 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Helen Farr Sloan, 2014
Object number2014-34
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextSloan made many trial proofs of this print of his mother, beginning it in August 1906 and not finishing it until June 1910, almost three years after her death. On his initial salvo he prepared the ground poorly, due to the uneven heat of the stove at his family home, necessitating some of the reworking.
