Monument in the Plaza
Date1948-1949
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumTempera underpaint; oil-varnish glaze on panel
Dimensions32 × 26 in. (81.3 × 66 cm)
frame: 40 × 34 1/4 in. (101.6 × 87 cm)
frame: 40 × 34 1/4 in. (101.6 × 87 cm)
Credit LineGift of the John Sloan Memorial Foundation, 1997
Object number1997-47
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextThis is one of the most ambitious and complete compositions of Sloan's later career. He worked on it for over a year and a half. Sloan began the painting by making a small pencil sketch of the Civil War memorial in the plaza in Santa Fe, and then, back home, began painting on panel. In New York, he continued to work on the painting, and then finished it in Santa Fe the following summer. The artist included himself and his second wife, Helen Farr Sloan, on the bench at left.
