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1916

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1948

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2016

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Print, McSorley's Back Room

This is a Print. It was created by John French Sloan. It is dated 1916 and we acquired it in 1948. Its medium is etching on off-white wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

Plate: 13.5 × 17.9 cm (5 5/16 × 7 1/16 in.) Sheet: 19.1 × 17.9 cm (7 1/2 × 7 1/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: "John Sloan"; in plate, lower left corner: "John Sloan '16"

It is inscribed

Inscribed with title in graphite, lower left: "McSorley's Back Room"; lower center: "100 proofs"; lower right corner: "54" and "C3511"; lower left corner: "M-" [?]

Cite this object as

Print, McSorley's Back Room; John French Sloan (American, 1871 – 1951); USA; etching on off-white wove paper; Plate: 13.5 × 17.9 cm (5 5/16 × 7 1/16 in.) Sheet: 19.1 × 17.9 cm (7 1/2 × 7 1/16 in.); 1948-131-1

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