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John Sloan American
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Portrait of John McSorley and two friends at McSorley's Old House and Home. McSorley died before Sloan ever visited the bar – the print is based on a memory told by his son of his father always sitting there in the sun, see: Morse 1969, p. 207.
For alternate impression see: 26.30.54
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Title: McSorley's Back Room
Artist:
John Sloan (American, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania 1871–1951 Hanover, New Hampshire)
Date: 1916
Medium: Etching; first state of three
Dimensions:
Plate: 5 7/16 × 7 1/16 in. (13.8 × 18 cm)
Sheet: 5 11/16 × 8 7/16 in. (14.4 × 21.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Ernest Shapiro and Family, 1995
Object Number: 1995.411.50
Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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