Dog Show #26: Saint Bernard
Datec. 1910
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumGraphite on paper
Dimensionssheet: 4 3/4 x 6 in. (12.1 x 15.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1986
Object number1986-133.85
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextAround 1910, Sloan made a series of pencil sketches of dogs and their handlers, probably while visiting the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden. In this one, he seems to be pointing out the humorous resemblance in the profiles of the woman and her Saint Bernard.
