McSorley's Back Room, Second State
Date1916
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 5 1/8 × 7 in. (13 × 17.8 cm)
sheet: 9 7/16 × 12 7/16 in. (24 × 31.6 cm)
sheet: 9 7/16 × 12 7/16 in. (24 × 31.6 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Helen Farr Sloan, 2014
Object number2014-72
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextIn the second state, Sloan added the title at the bottom and shaded many of the elements in the background, making the figure of John McSorley stand out in the cluttered room.