The Indian Detour
John Sloan, American, 1871 - 1951
1927
Etching on wove paper
Edition of 100. Printing 70. Platt 25, White 20, Roth 25.
Plate: 6 × 7 1/4 in. (15.2 × 18.4 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 12 3/4 in. (24.1 × 32.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Hollon W. Farr
PR.981.10
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in graphite, lower right: John Sloan; inscribed, in graphite, lower left: 100 proofs; lower center: The Indian Detour; lower left Peter Platt imp.; Signed and dated, in plate: lower right: John Sloan '27; Inscribed by dealer, in graphite, lower left: #96 C4122; upper left: 91; Watermark: Van Gelder Zonen/Holland
Course History
HIST 6, NAS 30, History of the American West, Ben Madley, Winter 2012
ARTH 17, The Power of Place: Urban and Rural Images in American Art, 1900-1945, Sarah Powers, Winter 2014
Exhibition History
Images of the West: Selections from the Permanent Collection, MAL 190, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 15-August 28, 1994.
John Sloan: Paintings, Prints, Drawings, Jaffe-Friede, Strauss and Barrows Galleries, Dartmouth College Museum and Galleries, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 21, 1981-January 3, 1982; DeCordova and Dana Museum and Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts, January 23-March 7, 1982; Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan, March 18-May 2, 1982; Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison Wisconsin, June 12-August 1, 1982; Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio, September 11-October 24, 1982; Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, November 6, 1982-January 16, 1983.
This Land: American Engagement with the Natural World, Rush Family Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 5–April 11, 2022.
Publication History
Peter Morse, "John Sloan's Prints", New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1969, p. 256, no. 231.
Provenance
Dr. and Mrs. Hollon W. Farr (1917-1995), Moriches, New York; given to present collection, 1981.
Catalogue Raisonne
Morse no. 231
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