Bust and Full Length Studies of a Man
Date1893
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumInk and gouache on Bristol board
Dimensionssheet: 9 9/16 × 10 15/16 in. (24.3 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1986
Object number1986-133.25
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThese life studies, done while Sloan was in his early twenties, demonstrate his ability to observe and render the human figure with subtle contrasts of light and dark. Such techniques were fundamental elements in the art instruction of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, which Sloan attended in the evenings from 1892 to 1894.
