Pulled Peary to the Pole and Seated Woman with Prize Ribbon
Datec. 1910
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumGraphite on paper
Dimensionssheet: 6 1/4 × 9 5/8 in. (15.9 × 24.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1986
Object number1986-133.78a
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextSloan's inscription refers to Robert Peary's trip to the North Pole with Matthew Henson and four Inuits. The team was assisted by sled dogs. The dogs were not exhibited in New York, but were in Boston in 1910 and 1911. More likely this is humorous reference to the pulling dog of the same breed in the drawing at left. This is one of more than a dozen sketches that Sloan made at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in 1910.
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