Iolanthe
Date1909
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions32 x 26 in. (81.3 x 66 cm)
frame: 38 1/4 × 32 3/16 in. (97.2 × 81.8 cm)
frame: 38 1/4 × 32 3/16 in. (97.2 × 81.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the John Sloan Memorial Foundation, 1997
Object number1997-41
On View
On viewCollections
ClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextThe model for this painting was Yolande Bugbee, an energetic young woman that Sloan enjoyed painting around this time. Rowland Elzea has suggested that Sloan's title for the work, Iolanthe—the title of a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta—may imply that Miss Bugbee was a feminist.
