John Sloan
Fun, One Cent1905

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Artist or Maker: John Sloan
Title: Fun, One Cent
Place Made: United States
Date Made: 1905
Medium: Etching on Arches paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 11 3/8 in. (23.81 × 28.89 cm) Image: 4 3/4 × 6 5/8 in. (12.07 × 16.83 cm)
Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. William Preston Harrison Collection
Accession Number: 48.32.39
Classification: Prints
Collecting Area: Prints and Drawings
Curatorial Notes: New York, New York: The City as Muse in American Art
September 19, 2003-February 18, 2004

“The Nickelodeon, with its hand-cranked moving photographs, was one of the attractions preceding the moving picture theaters. The one in which I garnered this bouquet of laughing girls was for many years on 14th Street near Third Avenue.” Sloan remembered this scene in 1945 but cleverly did not reveal what was making the girls laugh. A close look at the signs on the nickelodeons reveals the sorts of spirited details that enliven Sloan’s etchings.

Not on view

No image

Artist or Maker: John Sloan
Title: Fun, One Cent
Place Made: United States
Date Made: 1905
Medium: Etching on Arches paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 11 3/8 in. (23.81 × 28.89 cm) Image: 4 3/4 × 6 5/8 in. (12.07 × 16.83 cm)
Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. William Preston Harrison Collection
Accession Number: 48.32.39
Classification: Prints
Collecting Area: Prints and Drawings
Curatorial Notes: New York, New York: The City as Muse in American Art
September 19, 2003-February 18, 2004

“The Nickelodeon, with its hand-cranked moving photographs, was one of the attractions preceding the moving picture theaters. The one in which I garnered this bouquet of laughing girls was for many years on 14th Street near Third Avenue.” Sloan remembered this scene in 1945 but cleverly did not reveal what was making the girls laugh. A close look at the signs on the nickelodeons reveals the sorts of spirited details that enliven Sloan’s etchings.