The Lafayette
Date1928
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 4 7/8 × 6 13/16 in. (12.4 × 17.3 cm)
sheet: 6 1/16 × 8 3/4 in. (15.4 × 22.2 cm)
sheet: 6 1/16 × 8 3/4 in. (15.4 × 22.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1998
Object number1998-91
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextAfter Sloan completed his painting The Lafayette Hotel in 1927, the artist's friend Mary Halton organized a fund to purchase the picture and donate it to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Sloan produced this print to thank all of the contributors to the fund.