Helen Sketching
Date1945
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumGraphite on paper
Dimensionssheet: 9 5/16 x 12 7/16 in. (23.7 x 31.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1980
Object number1980-214.357
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis sketch presents Helen Farr Sloan, not long after her marriage to John Sloan, seated on the ground sketching. About a month after this was made, John Sloan started the painting Girl's Eye View after catching another glimpse of Helen sketching at their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico.