Woman in Hobble-Skirt
Datec. 1913
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumConté crayon on paper
Dimensionssheet: 6 1/2 × 3 15/16 in. (16.5 × 10 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1986
Object number1986-135.265
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextWith her tight skirt and large hat, the woman in this sketch resembles the fashionable women in Sloan's illustrations for Harper's Weekly and The Masses. She wears a "hobble skirt"—a long skirt with a hem so narrow that it impedes the wearer's stride. This style was popular in the 1910s.
