Study for "McSorley's Back Room"
Date1912
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumGraphite on paper
Dimensionssheet: 4 13/16 × 6 3/16 in. (12.2 × 15.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1980
Object number1980-214.129
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextMcSorley's Bar on East 7th Street was a favorite haunt of Sloan's, and he returned many times to this "out of the way retreat for appreciative ale drinkers." The eclectic assortment of clocks and knick-knacks which decorated its "dingy walls" are visible in Sloan's sketches, as are several of the cats which freely roamed its "sawdust covered floor."
