Study for "Sleep Walker and Hypnotist"
Date1902
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
Illustration CitationFrère Jacques, Volume I, by Charles Paul de Kock (Boston: Frederick J. Quinby Co., 1903).
MediumGraphite on tissue mounted on board
Dimensionscomposition: 4 13/16 × 3 1/2 in. (12.2 × 8.9 cm)
support: 7 7/16 × 6 7/16 in. (18.9 × 16.4 cm)
support: 7 7/16 × 6 7/16 in. (18.9 × 16.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1980
Object number1980-75.1
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextFor complex, multi-figure compositions, Sloan often made pencil drawings on tissue paper before he commenced etching onto the plate.
