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Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum

1908
(American, 1871–1951)
America, 20th century
etching
Platemark: 18.5 x 22.4 cm (7 5/16 x 8 13/16 in.); Sheet: 32.4 x 45 cm (12 3/4 x 17 11/16 in.)
Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1947.382
© Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Catalogue raisonné: Morse 148.VIII
State: VIII/VIII
Location: not on view
This artwork is known to be under copyright.

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Description

John Sloan took pleasure in satirizing his own profession and particularly the aura that surrounded some art objects, artists, and collectors. This image may express amusement at the common phenomenon of spectators taking interest in a painting only when it is admired by others. Sloan included a self-portrait and a portrait of his wife, Dolly, in the foreground.
Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum

Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum

1908

John Sloan

(American, 1871–1951)
America, 20th century

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