Nude Descending Stair, Judson Studio
Date1927
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumOil on panel
Dimensions25 1/8 × 18 7/8 in. (63.8 × 47.9 cm)
frame: 31 1/4 × 25 1/2 in. (79.4 × 64.8 cm)
frame: 31 1/4 × 25 1/2 in. (79.4 × 64.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the John Sloan Trust, 2006
Object number2006-35
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextIn this painting, Sloan posed his model Carmen Harris in a comfortable, contrapposto stance on the stairs of his studio. The resulting figure is monumental and classical, a complete contrast to Marcel Duchamp’s already-famous Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 (1912), which had gained notoriety at the 1913 Armory Show. Sloan, who befriended Duchamp in the teens, may have titled this painting with a knowing wink at Duchamp’s notorious canvas.
