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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1965.149
People
John Sloan, American (Lock Haven PA 1871 - 1951 New York NY)
Title
A Mug of Ale at McSorley's
Other Titles
Former Title: McSorley's Cats
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1913
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308784

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black crayon on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
45 x 56 cm (17 11/16 x 22 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black crayon, lower center: John Sloan
  • inscription: l.r., graphite: Copyright 1913 by Harpers Weekly
  • inscription: l.r., graphite: 150--
  • gallery label: removed from backing? now in curatorial file, paper, printed and typed: [typed:] Artist-- John Sloan / Title-- McSorley's Cats / Price-- $150--
  • exhibition label: removed from backing? now in curatorial file, paper, printed and typed
  • exhibition label: removed from backing? now in curatorial file, paper, printed

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Kraushaar Galleries, New York, New York]. Meta and Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts (L. 2091) by 1940, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
1965.149
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • [Unidentified article], Harper's Weekly (October 25, 1913), vol. LVIII, no. 2966, pp. 16-17
  • Charles E. Slatkin and Regina Shoolman Slatkin, Treasury of American Drawings, Oxford University Press (NY) (New York, NY, 1947), no. 110 p. xvi, repr. as pl. 110
  • Grant Holcomb, "John Sloan and McSorley's Wonderful Saloon", The American Art Journal (Spring 1983), vol. XV, no. 2, fig. 16

Exhibition History

  • American Drawings, 17th through 20th Centuries, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, 04/03/1948 - 05/30/1948
  • A Revolt: The 12345678, Lakeview Center for Arts and Sciences, Peoria, 09/12/1969 - 11/09/1969
  • John Sloan: Spectator of Life, IBM Gallery of Science and Art, New York, 04/26/1988 - 06/18/1988; Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, 07/15/1988 - 09/04/1988; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, 09/17/1988 - 11/06/1988; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, 11/20/1988 - 12/31/1988

Verification Level

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