Margaret Larkin
Date1932
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumColored crayon and watercolor on paper
Dimensionssheet: 8 13/16 × 6 7/8 in. (22.4 × 17.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1986
Object number1986-133.430
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextMargaret Larkin was a singer and guitarist, as well as a collector of American folk songs, especially cowboy ballads. In addition she was a published poet and playwright, a journalist, and a social activist who used writing and music to protest social inequities. Born in New Mexico in 1899, she spent much of her early life there, but also lived in New York City (1920s), Hollywood (late '30s and early '40s), and Mexico (after 1947). Sloan produced a polished drawing of Larkin in 1932.
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