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Spring, Madison Square

Spring, Madison Square

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John Sloan

"In 1939, Sloan wrote the following about this work of his: "The Flatiron Building and old Fifth Avenue Hotel are in the background. An old horsedrawn Fifth Avenue bus one seat perched back of the driver on the roof, cabs, and long skirts, and a nearby patch of grass with trees. All but the Flatiron Building are the things of the past." Sloan had just arrived in New York from Philadelphia; he loved New York and its teeming masses and depicted them with great sympathy." 19th & 20th century art from collections of alumni & friends; inaugural exhibition, September 11 - November 8, 1970, Elvehjem Art Center. (1970): 37.
Artist
John Sloan
(American, 1871 - 1951)
Title
Spring, Madison Square
Date
1905-1906
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
30 x 36 in. Overall
Credit
Ruth C. Wallerstein Fund purchase
Accession No.
57.1.2
Classification
Paintings
Geography
United States

Related

7 November 1955, sold to by Mrs. William Keighley [Genevieve Tobin] to M. Knoedler and Co. (New York, NY); 12 March 1957, M. Knoedler and Co. (New York, NY) sold to the University of Wisconsin-Madison; 1967, transferred to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art] [Last researched by Chazen staff 8 February 2022]

  • Tottis, James W. "Life’s Pleasures: The Ashcan Artists’ Brush with Leisure, 1895-1925." London: Merrell Publishers Limited, 2007. p. 193, no. 73
  • Rogers, Millard F., Jr. "Paintings at the Elvehjem Art Center, University of Wisconsin." The Magazine Antiques. Vol. CVIII, No. 6, December (1975). pp. 1151, 1154, fig. 6
  • Elzea, Rowland, "John Sloan: Spectator of Life." Wilmington, Delaware: Delaware Art Museum, 1988.
  • DiBacco, Thomas V., "History of the United States" Mcdougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin, 1996. p. 202
  • Watrous, James. "A Century of Capricious Collecting 1877-1970: From the Gallery in Science Hall to the Elvehjem Museum of Art," Madison, WI: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1987. p. 16, fig. 15
  • Elvehjem Art Center. "Inaugural Exhibition: 19th & 20th Century Art from Collections of Alumni & Friends." Madison, WI: Regents of the University of Wisconsin, 1970. p. 37, no. 25
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Handbook of the Collection." Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, 1990. no. 110
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Artscene." Vol. 5, No. 3, June/July/ August 1989. p. 2
  • Sloan, J. "Girl of Art." New York: American Artists Group, Inc. 1939. p. 205
  • DuPont, John J. "John Sloan's New York." NAHO 6, no. 4 (1973-74): 6. p. 6, fig. p. 6

  • Life's Pleasures: The Ashcan Artist's Brush with Leisure, 1895-1925: Detroit Institute of Arts, 8/2/2007–5/25/2008
  • American Paintings from the William Benton Collection & the Permanent Collection: Chazen Museum of Art, 2/20/2006–8/9/2006
  • John Sloan: Spectator of Life: Delaware Art Museum, 4/26/1988–1/1/1989
  • Inaugural Exhibition: 19th & 20th Cen. Art from Collection of Alumni & Friends: Elvehjem Art Center, 9/11/1970–11/8/1970
  • Impressionism and Its Influence on American Art: Toledo Museum of Art, 1/3/1954–1/31/1954
  • John Sloan: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1/10/1952–3/2/1952
  • The Eight - Robert Henri, John Sloan, William G. Glackens, Earnest Lawson, Maurice Prendergast, George B. Luks, Everett Shinn, Arthur B. Davies: Brooklyn Museum, 11/24/1943–1/16/1944
  • John Sloan, Paintings and Prints: Hanover, N.H., 6/1/1943–1/19/1946

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