John French Sloan (American, 1871-1951). Wash day, Santa Fe, 1926. Oil on canvas . 16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm). Sign...

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John French Sloan (American, 1871-1951)
Wash day, Santa Fe, 1926
Oil on canvas
16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Signed lower right: John Sloan
Signed, dated, titled, and inscribed on the stretcher bar: John Sloan / Washday, Santa Fe / 1926 / JS # 543

PROVENANCE:
The artist;
Kraushaar Galleries, New York;
Dr. Theodore Leshner, Brooklyn, New York, acquired from the above, circa 1960s;
Dr. Robert Leshner, Richmond, Virginia, gift from the above, circa 1970;
By descent to the present owner, February 2021.

EXHIBITED:
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, "The Fight," April 14, 1977;
Bayly Art museum, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, n.d;
Santa Fe, New Mexico, October 1926.

LITERATURE:
R. Elzea, John Sloan's Oil Paintings: A Catalogue Raisonné, Part Two, Newark, Delaware, 1991, p. 286, no. 774, illustrated.

"In his review of exhibition #1926-10, the writer for the Santa Fe New Mexican found 'the last picture is a fitting climax. It is called -'Wash Day,' the day of terror in all households. But terror is changed into pleasure, 'joy comes out of gloom' as the clairvoyant would say. Here is a husky woman in a blue dress competent to do washing for a family of twelve, and then not too tired to walk a mile to the movies. Sloan, with his accurate, reportorial eye, has caught the peculiar humorous vision of this type of figure bending over a wash tub. The skirt is a bit short--so are the stockings. There are other women standing around, wringing out the clothes or hanging them out to dry in the breeze. Sloan already has been besieged to know the name of this washwoman. She is in demand. It is said Sloan painted this picture form life on Palace Avenue--somewhere." (October 1, 1926, as quoted in R. Elzea, John Sloan's Oil Paintings: A Catalogue Raisonné, Part Two, Newark, Delaware, 1991, p. 286)


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