Reading in the Subway, First State
Date1926
Artist
John Sloan
American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 5 × 3 7/8 in. (12.7 × 9.8 cm)
sheet: 10 × 8 1/2 in. (25.4 × 21.6 cm)
sheet: 10 × 8 1/2 in. (25.4 × 21.6 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Helen Farr Sloan, 2014
Object number2014-99
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextSloan was unhappy with the way this plate was etched in the first state. The lines of the figure and some shadows were reground and rebitten in the second state.
