Nude Sketches
Date1917
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 3 1/8 × 6 3/8 in. (7.9 × 16.2 cm)
sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 7/8 in. (21 × 30.2 cm)
sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 7/8 in. (21 × 30.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1963
Object number1963-20.112
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextSloan said, "Etching is a way of drawing—purely a drawing technique." In this case, he used it as a medium to make studies from nude models. The tool, a needle-tipped, pencil-like instrument, allows the artist to preserve his own drawing style.
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