The Net Result as Seen on Broadway
Date1913
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
Illustration CitationThe Masses, August 1913.
MediumCrayon and ink on paper
Dimensionssheet: 16 7/8 × 9 7/16 in. (42.9 × 24 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1987
Object number1987-11
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextIn this image, Sloan, who spent hours observing his fellow city dwellers, pokes fun at a revealing new style featuring layers of net fabrics. The remainder of the caption for this illustration reads: "Items from a department store's newspaper advertisement—net undervests...$1.50, net combinations...$3.50, net petticoats...$4.00, net dresses...$30.00." In 1910, Sloan described his wife sewing a "net overdress" for the gown she planned to wear to an opening in Philadelphia.
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