JOHN SLOAN (American, 1871-1951). Girl with Auburn Hair, (Miss Kitty Yoder), circa 1900. Oil on canvas. 23-1/2 x 19-...

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JOHN SLOAN (American, 1871-1951)
Girl with Auburn Hair, (Miss Kitty Yoder), circa 1900
Oil on canvas
23-1/2 x 19-1/2 inches (59.7 x 49.5 cm)
Inscribed verso: 708/#708 / Miss Yoder "Kitty" / Girl with Auburn Hair / 1903
JS inventory #708

PROVENANCE:
Estate of the artist;
Kraushaar Galleries, New York (label verso);
Private collection, New York

EXHIBITED:
Moore College of Art Gallery, Philadelphia, "John Sloan/ Robert Henri: Their Philadelphia Years (1886-1904)", October 1-November 12, 1976.

LITERATURE:
St. John Bruce, "John Sloan in Philadelphia," American Art Journal 13, Fall 1971, p. 86, illus.
G. Holcomb, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings of John Sloan, 1900-1913, Ph.D. diss., University of Delaware, 1972, pp. 103-104 illus.
R. Elzea, John Sloan's Oil paintings, A Catalogue Raisonné, Newark, 1991, pp. 54-55, illus. no. 36.


Girl with Auburn Hair depicts Kitty Yoder, a close Philadelphia friend of John and Dolly Sloan, in the dim light of a neighborhood eatery. Here Sloan demonstrates his early interest in presenting his sitters within the context of daily life -- a harbinger of The Eight's vanguard urban subjects. Girl with Auburn Hair also recalls the tonal painting technique so admired by Robert Henri, William Merritt Chase, and John Singer Sargent.


Estimate: $60,000 - $80,000.

Condition Report*:

Relined canvas with masking varnish; craquelure, commensurate with age, in sitter's hair and coat; under UV examination, striated in-painting paralleling top, left, and right edges and scattered flecks of  in-painting throughout sitter's coat, face, and hair.

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