The Snake Dance

The Snake Dance, 1921

  • Bolton Brown, American, 1865-1936
  • John Sloan, American, 1871-1951

Lithograph printed in black ink on wove paper

  • Plate: 12 7/8 × 9 3/8 inches (32.7 × 23.8 cm) Sheet: 16 1/2 × 12 1/2 inches (41.9 × 31.8 cm)

Gift of Bernard F. Walker

64.439

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

  • Dance
  • Lithography
  • Paper (fiber product)
  • Ink
  • Genre
  • Lithograph
  • United states
  • Snakes
  • Native american

Details

Signed, on stone, lower right: -John Sloan- Signed, in pencil, lower right: John Sloan Signed, lower left: Bolton Brown-imp.

Watermark: WARREN'S | OLDE STYLE

Inscribed, in pencil, lower left corner: 1st Pull. B.B.

1964-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

John Sloan, The Snake Dance, 1921, lithograph printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Bernard F. Walker, 64.439.

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