Study for "Galvin Tent Show"
Date1924
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumGraphite on paper
Dimensionssheet: 5 5/16 × 8 3/8 in. (13.5 × 21.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1980
Object number1980-214.318
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis study represents the Galvin Players, a touring troupe of actors, performing in New Mexico. When the troupe traveled to Madera, California, in 1922, a notice in the Madera Tribune trumpeted: "Picture in your mind the largest, cleanest and most attractive dramatic tented organization traveling in America, a show which stands without a rival, the peer, of all dramatic shows, a show built on a solid foundation, clean, moral and refined and you have exactly what Mr. McAdam is offering the public of Madera this week."
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