Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street
Datec. 1927
Artist
John Sloan
American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951
MediumGraphite on paper
Dimensionssheet: 9 7/8 × 12 3/8 in. (25.1 × 31.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1986
Object number1986-133.343
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis drawing records a glimpse of the busy corner of Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street in New York. In the 1920s Sloan pictured the city from a vantage point that emphasized the interaction between figures and architecture in urban spaces.
