Alejandra, Santa Fe
Date1923
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
frame: 28 1/2 × 24 1/2 in. (72.4 × 62.2 cm)
frame: 28 1/2 × 24 1/2 in. (72.4 × 62.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of the John Sloan Trust, 2006
Object number2006-23
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextThe model was Alejandra Rodriguez, a young Santa Fe woman who helped the Sloans with housework. She appears undeniably modern, with her fashionably bobbed hair and stylish simple dress, but the carved wooden chair and patterned textile associate her with Southwestern traditions.
