Chaste and Beautiful
Date1889
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumInk and graphite on paper
Dimensionssheet: 7 1/2 × 6 15/16 in. (19.1 × 17.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 2000
Object number2000-325
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThroughout his career, Sloan enjoyed humor and wordplay, like transforming a "chaste and beautiful" young lady into a fleeing protagonist chased by a bull. In particular the title of this drawing may be a reference to James Walton Jackson's 1875 book of poems "A Christmas Offering to the Chaste and Beautiful."
