The Genial Idiot: He Discusses Poets
Date1903
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
Illustration Citation"The Genial Idiot. He Discusses Poets," by John Kendrick Bangs, in The Philadelphia Press, October 18, 1903.
MediumCrayon, graphite, and ink on board
Dimensionssheet: 24 15/16 × 19 3/16 in. (63.3 × 48.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1980
Object number1980-96
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label Text"The Genial Idiot" tells the tale of the misadventures of a boardinghouse bore. Sloan modeled the title character--pictured here with his back to the viewer--on his friend Will Bradner, a professional violinist.
