Tourists
Datec. 1920s
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumGraphite, colored pencil, and ink on paper
Dimensionssheet: 4 5/16 × 7 1/4 in. (11 × 18.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 2000
Object number2000-806
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThe Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad was one of the larger railroads in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Sloan, who spent summers in Santa Fe each year starting in 1920, was familiar with the railroad and the tourists it brought to the area. These visitors, and their fascination with the native Pueblo culture, would provide fodder for Sloan's humorous etchings, including "Knees and Aborigines" and "Indian Detour".
