Miss Boston

Artist

John Sloan (1871–1951)

Date

1935, 1946–1947

Medium

Casein tempera under-paint with oil varnish glaze on panel

Dimensions

28 x 20 in. (71.1 x 50.8 cm)

Description

John Sloan was a member of the early twentieth-century group of American painters known as “The Eight.” The group, which joined forces as a reaction against what they saw as the decadence of Impressionism, began holding its own independent exhibitions in 1908. It included Arthur B. Davies, William Glackens, Robert Henri, Ernest Lawson, George Luks, Maurice Prendergast, Everett Shinn, and Sloan. Miss Boston, an image rife with sarcasm and vitriol—possibly sexist and definitely urban centric—is the first painting by any member of The Eight to enter the Athenæum’s collection, a gift of the estate of Helen Farr Sloan, the artist’s wife.

Inscription

Inscribed lower left: “John Sloan ’47”

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Helen Farr Sloan, Courtesy of the Delaware Art Museum, 2009

Object Number

UR325