John Sloan. 1871-1951.
Hell Hole. 1917. Etching and aquatint. Morse 186.ii. 7 3/8 x 9 3/8 (sheet 11 5/8 x 13 3/4).Printed on cream wove paper countermarked 'USA', on the full sheet with deckle edges. Signed, title and annotated '100 proofs' in pencil by Sloan. $5,500.
The location is the back room of Wallace's at Sixth Avenue and West Fourth Street. The bar was called "The Golden Swan" nut was nickm-named "Hell Hole." and was a gathering place for artists, writers, and Bohemians of Greenwich Village. The figure in the upper right is Eugene O'Neill.
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