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1920 Social Realism Etching by John French Sloan titled "Bandits Cave"
Compelling etching by John Sloan (American 1871 - 1951), 1920 during first year of prohibition showing a establishment of dubious repute and most likely a speak-easy ironically promoting itself as offering "tea dances." Hallmarks of John Sloan's fine pen and ink technique are evident and this image perfectly captures the tension of the Prohibition era. According to a diary kept by Sloan, this etching represents, "Uptown thrill seekers during the period of Prohibition about to venture into a basement 'tea room' in Bohemia . . . one of the cafes in the Village." This scene of New York, Prohibition-era nightlife shows a group of cheerful revelers entering an underground, Greenwich Village speakeasy, advertising "tea and dance" on their sign. These downtown New York "tea rooms" were well known to patrons for serving illegal liquor. (From the New Republic). (ref. Morse 195)
Medium: Etching on paper
Signed: In etching and in pencil
Condition: Very good; some tonal aging consistent with its age and previous matting. Matted with conservation acid-free mat board.
Plate size: 7"H x 5"W
Embossed Paper size: 7.50"H x 5.25"W
Paper size: 13.25"H x 10.25"W
Provenance: Peter Morse
Mat size: 20"H x 15"W
Born in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, John Sloan became one of the major early 20th- century figures in New York, pioneering the Social Realist movement with Robert Henri and his circle. He was also an illustrator and early eastern painter in the Southwest.
Sloan moved with his family to Philadelphia where he attended Central High School and became a close friend of William Glackens. He worked for a print dealer and as illustrator for the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Press. He also studied at the Pennsylvania Academy with Thomas Anshutz and met Robert Henri.
In 1904, he moved to New York and while continuing as an illustrator, became a part of Henri's circle of urban realists. He was an avid walker who continually strolled the streets for subject matter, especially exploring Greenwich Village and the Lower East Side. His work with great humanitarian bent flourished especially during this time because he was so committed emotionally to his subject matter.
He joined the Socialist Party in 1910 and espoused utopian ideas of equality but was never a political activist. However, from 1912 to 1916, he was art editor of the party's monthly periodical The Masses, and his skillful illustrations elevated the quality of the publication. The realities of World War I caused him, like so many, to become disenchanted with hard-line socialism.
He taught at the Art Students League, and his students included Reginald Marsh, Raphael Soyer, and Alexander Calder.
Opposing the traditional hold that the National Academy had over the art world in America, he exhibited as one of "The Eight" in 1908 at the Macbeth Gallery. In 1913, he was much affected by the Armory Show exhibition of modernist painting, particularly the Post-Impressionist, Fauve, and Cubist works and after that year became experimenting with more radical painting styles. He was also an avid etcher.
Influenced by his friend Henri, who had spent summers of 1916 and 1917 in New Mexico, Sloan and his wife Dolly first visited Santa Fe in 1919. From that time, he made several painting trips to the Southwest and was active in the Santa Fe colony and in getting other eastern artists to head West. Unlike many of his contemporaries there, he refused to paint romanticized views of the Mexican and Indian culture. He served as President of the Exposition of Indian Tribal Arts in the 1930s and lobbied the Society of Independent Artists to include work by Native Americans in their exhibitions.
In 1944, Sloan married Helen Farr, who had been one of his students, and after her husband's death in 1951, she devoted herself to turning his estate into a philanthropic instrument. The largest benefactor was the Delaware Art Museum, which received more than 5000 works including painting representing every phase of his career and his archival papers. With these acquisitions, the Museum became the leading repository for the study of Sloan. In honor of the ongoing support by Helen Farr Sloan, museum representatives named its library the Helen Farr Sloan Library.
- Creator:John French Sloan (1871-1951, American)
- Creation Year:1920
- Dimensions:Height: 20 in (50.8 cm)Width: 15 in (38.1 cm)Depth: 0.25 in (6.35 mm)
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- Condition:Very good; some tonal aging consistent with its age. Matted with conservation mat board.
- Gallery Location:Soquel, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: D96991stDibs: LU54215616782
John French Sloan
Sloan, came to New York in 1904 and worked for some time as a freelance illustrator. With Robert Henri, he organized an exhibition of a group of urban realist painters, known as "The Eight" or the "Ashcan School," who challenged traditional notions of art. Having moved to the Village in 1912, Sloan lived with his wife Dolly at 240 West 4th Street and at 88 Washington Place.
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