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Lot Essay
The quote inscribed below is from the poem A Ballad upon a Wedding by the 17th-century English poet Sir John Suckling. Sloan stated "I had these lines in mind when I saw the scene. I've always written them on every proof. Crowninsheild reproduced it in Vanity Fair [26, Aug. 1926, 51], enlarged, which isn't good for an etching. Then he kept after me for a follow-up in the same vein."
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In addition to the catalogue description, with margins (the sheet unevenly trimmed), pale light-staining, occasional pale foxmarks in places in the margins, a minor loss at the upper left corner, adhered to the support on the reverse upper right sheet corner, hinged in places on the reverse upper sheet edge (showing through), framed
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Lot 44Sale 22028
Reading in the SubwayJOHN SLOAN (1871-1951)Estimate: USD 2,000 - 3,000
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