Wake of the Ferry, No. 1

1907

John Sloan American, 1871-1951

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Modern, Level 2, North Wing

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Title Wake of the Ferry, No. 1

Artwork Date 1907

Artist John Sloan

Life Dates 1871-1951

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. American

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Oil on canvas

Dimensions Unframed: 26 × 32 inches (66 × 81.3 cm) Framed: 31 7/8 × 37 7/8 × 3 1/8 inches (81 × 96.2 × 7.9 cm)

Classification Paintings

Department American Art before 1950

Credit Gift of Miss Amelia Elizabeth White

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 61.165

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Signed Signed and dated, lower right: John Sloan '07

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Amelia Elizabeth White (Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA)

1961-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Exh. cat., The Grand Central Art Galleries. New York, 1932, p. 12.

John Sloan. Exh. cat., The Addison Gallery of American Art, The Phillips Academy. Andover, MA, 1938, no. 2.

Sloan, John. Gist of Art. New York, 1939, p. 211.

Payne, Elizabeth H. "In the Wake of The Ferry." Bulletin of the DIA 41, 1 (1961): pp. 8-10 (ill.).

The Institute Collects. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1964, p. 14.

Sloan, John and Bruce St. John, eds. John Sloan’s New York Scene. New York, 1965, pp. 113, 119.

Paintings by American Masters. Exh. cat., Art Center. Kalamazoo, 1966, p. 13.

Green, S.M. American Art: A Historical Survey. New York, 1966, p. 523 (pl. 6-36).

Gowans, Alan. The Restless Art: A History of Painters and Paintings 1760-1960.

Philadelphia, 1966, p. 3386, no. 49.

Cummings, Frederick J. and Charles H. Elam, eds. The Detroit Institute of Arts Illustrated Handbook. Detroit, 1971, p. 150.

Young, Mahonri Sharpe. The Eight: The Realist Revolt in American Painting. New York, 1973, p. 52 (ill.).

“Collection of Miss Amelia White.” Antiques 114 (November 1978): p. 40 (ill.).

American Realism and the Industrial Age. Exh. cat., Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, 1980, pp. 34 (ill.).

John Sloan: Spectator of Life. Exh. cat., The IBM Gallery of Science and Art. New York, 1988, p. 73 (ill.).

Elzea, Rowland. John Sloan’s Oil Paintings: A Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. 1. Newark, DE, 1991, p. 77, no. 83.

American Beauty: Paintings and Sculpture from the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1770-1920. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 2002, pp. 115, 117, no. 85.

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