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Arch Conspirators
John Sloan1917/1917
Delaware Art Museum
Wilmington, DE, United States
In the winter of 1917, a group of artists held a party on the roof of the Washington Square Arch in New York. They sat had a picnic while they formulated a plan to make Greenwich Village, then as now a haven for artists, an independent nation by seceding from the United States. Marcel Duchamp (standing on the left) joined Sloan (pictured on the right) and his friends for this merry party.
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Details
- Title: Arch Conspirators
- Creator Lifespan: 1871/1951
- Creator Nationality: American
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Hanover, NH
- Creator Birth Place: Lock Haven, PA
- Date: 1917/1917
- Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings: John Sloan '17 (LLC) John Sloan [underlined] (lower center in pencil)
- Physical Dimensions: w5.8125 x h4.125 in (Complete)
- Painter, etcher, and illustrator: John Sloan
- Credit Line: Gift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1998
- Provenance: © Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
- Type: Prints
- Rights: © Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.
- External Link: http://emuseum.delart.org:8080/emuseum/
- Medium: Etching
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