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A Thirst for Art

John Sloan and Charles S. White

A Thirst for Art

1938

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A Thirst for Art

1938

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet: 203 × 292 mm. (8 × 11 1/2 in.) Plate: 99 × 152 mm. (3 7/8 × 6 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Bennard and Miriam Perlman, Baltimore
Object Number 1982.84
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1982; Miriam and Bennard Perlman, Baltimore; purchased from the artist's estate
BMA, "Etchings in America, 1875-1940: Selections from the Museum Collection," 5 November 1985 - 2 March 1986.

Jay Fisher, BMA, "The Print and Drawing Society 25th Anniversary Exhibition," 22 September - 19 December, 1993.

BMA, "The Face of America: Modernist Art, 1910-1950," 9 October - 29 December 1996.

Easton, Academy of the Arts, "The Face of America: Modernist American Art 1910-1950," 12 September - 25 October 1997.

Inscribed: lower right in plate: "John Sloan '39"; lower right in graphite: "John Sloan"; lower center in graphite: "A Thirst for Art"; by later hand (Helen Farr Sloan), lower left in graphite: "4th State 100 proofs / Chas. White imp."; by later hand, lower left in graphite: "#216"

Artist

John Sloan

1870–1950

American, 1871-1951
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Printer

Charles S. White

1930–1954

American, active 1931-1955
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