Sunday Paper on the Roof
Alternate TitleSunday Papers on the Roof
Artist
John Sloan
(American, 1871 - 1951)
Date1918/1950
MediumOil on canvas; mounted on composite panel
DimensionsUnframed: 20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.64 cm)
Framed: 27 1/4 x 23 1/4 inches (69.22 x 59.06 cm)
Framed: 27 1/4 x 23 1/4 inches (69.22 x 59.06 cm)
Credit LineGift from the collection of Julia and Humbert Tinsman
Object numberF99-24/4
SignedSigned lower left: John Sloan
Inscribedright tacking margin: "SUNDAY ROOF 8" [?]
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionPositioned centrally in the painting, a woman sits in front of a brick chimney and reads a newspaper on a rooftop. Her left arm is raised. A strong breeze blows her black hair and ruffles the pages of the paper. To the left of the chimney rests a potted tree, apparently quite dead. To the right, a section of a city skyline can be seen.Published References“Art: Exhibitions of the Week,” New York Times, 1 February 1925,
X11; “Sloan’s Art at Best When His Is Solely New Yorkese,” New
York American, 8 February 1925, 10M; Exhibition of Paintings by
John Sloan, exh. cat. (New York: C. W. Kraushaar Art Galleries,
1925), unpaginated; The 12345678: Gamble Memorial Exhibition,
exh. cat. (Peoria, Ill.: Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences,
1969), unpaginated (as Sunday Papers on the Roof ); Rowland
Elzea, John Sloan’s Oil Paintings: A Catalogue Raisonné (Newark:
University of Delaware Press; London and Toronto: Associated
University Presses, 1991), pt. 1:230, no. 588 (as Sunday Papers on
the Roof ).
X11; “Sloan’s Art at Best When His Is Solely New Yorkese,” New
York American, 8 February 1925, 10M; Exhibition of Paintings by
John Sloan, exh. cat. (New York: C. W. Kraushaar Art Galleries,
1925), unpaginated; The 12345678: Gamble Memorial Exhibition,
exh. cat. (Peoria, Ill.: Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences,
1969), unpaginated (as Sunday Papers on the Roof ); Rowland
Elzea, John Sloan’s Oil Paintings: A Catalogue Raisonné (Newark:
University of Delaware Press; London and Toronto: Associated
University Presses, 1991), pt. 1:230, no. 588 (as Sunday Papers on
the Roof ).
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