Rain, Rooftops, West 4th Street
Date
1913
Artist
John Sloan, American, b. Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, 1871–1951
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Kraushaar Galleries, New York, to 23 October 1954
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 23 October 1954-17 May 1966
Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
Exhibition History
PEOPLE'S ART GUILD, New York. 26th Exhibition, 1916, no. 124.
C.W. KRAUSHAAR GALLERIES, New York. American Artists, June-July 1928.
WADSWORTH ATHENEUM, Tour of Connecticut Schools, originating at Hotchkiss, October 1941-April 1942.
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York. The City (Touring Exhibition), 1963-1965. TOUR: Cedar Rapids, IA, 1-22 September 1953.
WEST POINT MUSEUM, at the United States Military Academy, New York. 27 March-9 April 1964.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRAVELLING EXHIBITION SERVICE (SITES), Washington, DC. John Sloan Paintings, 1963-65.
BROOKLYN MUSEUM, New York. Paintings from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation Collection: A View of the Protean Century, 8 February-5 April 1965, no. 88.
SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART. The Eight: Painters of a New Society, 19 October-28 November 1976.
MINT MUSEUM OF ART, Charlotte, North Carolina. American Paintings and Sculpture 1900-1945, 12 November-23 December 1978, no. 34.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "The Eight" and the Independent Tradition in American Art, 13 January-15 May 1983. TOUR: TERRA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, Evanston, Illinois, 1 April-8 May (as "Early Rebels in American Art (The Eight)", no. 9.
DELAWARE ART MUSEUM, Wilmington. John Sloan: Spectator of Life, 15 July-4 September 1988. TOUR: IBM GALLERY OF SCIENCE AND ART, New York, 25 April-18 June 1988; COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART, Columbus, Ohio, 17 September-6 November 1988; AMON CARTER MUSEUM, Fort Worth, 20 November 1988-1 January 1989.
MUSEUM OF ART, Fort Lauderdale. Henri's Disciples: William Glackens and John Sloan, 5 February- 2 April 1995.
DELAWARE ART MUSEUM, Wilmington. John Sloan's New York, 20 October 2007-20 January 2008, cat. [not included] TOUR: Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, 10 February-27 April; DAVID AND ALFRED SMART MUSEUM OF ART, University of Chicago, 22 May-14 September; REYNOLDA HOUSE MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 4 October-4 January 2009.
MUSEO THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA, Madrid. "Hopper," 12 June-16 September 2012, no. 56, color ill. p. 120. TOUR: GALERIES NATIONALES DU GRAND PALAIS, Paris. 10 October 2012-28 January 2013.
Published References
PRESTON, STUART. "A Collector's Eye-View," The New York Times (28 February 1965) sec. 2, p. 19.
HOLCOMB, GRANT III. A Checklist for John Sloan's Paintings (Lock Haven, PA: Annie Halenbake Ross Library, 1970) p. 24.
LERNER, ABRAM et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974) p. 747, ill. no. 187.
ELZEA, ROWLAND and ELIZABETH HAWKES. John Sloan: Spectator of Life (Wilmington, DE: Delaware Art Museum, 1988) p. 108.
ELZEA, ROWLAND. John Sloan's Oil Paintings: A Catalogue Raisonne Part One (Newark, NJ: University of Delaware Press, 1991) no. 222, p. 127.
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School
American Realism (Ashcan School)
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.4615
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
