John Sloan
Date1907
Artist
Gertrude Käsebier
(American photographer, 1852–1934)
Subject
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumPlatinum print
Dimensionssheet: 8 1/4 × 6 3/8 in. (21 × 16.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1978
Object number1978-589.17
On View
On viewClassificationsPHOTOGRAPH
Label TextSloan's profile--set off against a plain white wall--is the focus of this portrait. When they met, Käsebier told him he had an "interesting head" and produced a series of photographs of Sloan using different printing techniques.
