Near Pittsburgh
Date1907
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions26 1/8 × 32 1/4 in. (66.4 × 81.9 cm)
frame: 33 3/8 × 39 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (84.8 × 100 × 8.3 cm)
frame: 33 3/8 × 39 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (84.8 × 100 × 8.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of the John Sloan Trust, 2006
Object number2006-32
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextIn the fall of 1907 Sloan taught a class at the Art Students League of Pittsburgh, taking the train back and forth each week. According to his diary, this painting records his approach to the city by a "smoky hillside" dotted with "workmen's shanties."
