John Sloan. 1871-1951.
Washington Arch. 1923. Etching. Morse 212.v. 8 x 5 (sheet 10 7/8 x 7 5/8). Signed, titled and annotated "100 proofs" by Sloan in pencil. Annotated "Ernest Roth imp" by Roth. One of 20 proofs printed by him, from the total edition of 100 in this state. There were no editions of previous states, as the etchings were used as Christmas cards. A fine impression on cream laid paper with wide margins. Roth used selective plate tone in the sky to suggest a grey day, and cleanly wiped the snow, leaving plate tone to suggest the shadows of the children playing, lower right. Sloan wrote "A simple and telling design which would have been weakened by a more delicate technical approach" Morse p.237. $3,250.
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