Turning out the Light

© Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Not for reproduction or publica…
© Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Not for reproduction or publication.
Turning out the Light
© Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Not for reproduction or publication.

Turning out the Light

Date1905
Artist (American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 4 15/16 × 6 7/8 in. (12.5 × 17.5 cm)
sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 15/16 in. (22.7 × 30.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1998
Object number1998-171
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThe closely set buildings of Lower Manhattan allowed Sloan intimate glimpses into the lives of his neighbors. More than his images of city streets, it was these interiors that offended genteel critics in the early 20th century.