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Bleecker Street, Saturday Night

Artist John Sloan (1871 - 1951)

Date1918

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions26 x 32 in. (66 x 81.3 cm)
Framed: 36 in. × 42 in. × 3 1/4 in.

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2005.1

Signedl.l., in dark red paint: John Sloan

Accession number 2005.1

On View

Not on view

Provenance(Kraushaar Galleries, New York, NY), 1943; (Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, NY), 1943; The IBM International Foundation, New York, 1943; (Sotheby's, New York, NY), May 25, 1995, lot 75; purchased by Private Collection, 1995; (Sotheby's, New York, NY), May 24, 2000, lot 55; purchased by Private Collection, 2000; (Sotheby's, Inc, New York, NY), 2005; purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2005
Label TextThis painting captures the vibrant nighttime activity of Greenwich Village, the New York neighborhood where John Sloan lived and worked. When Sloan painted this scene, the city was undergoing rapid change. Residents navigated the streets and shops late into the evening hours thanks to the recent introduction of electric lighting. New construction projects led to buildings, such as the white one pictured here, getting partially or fully demolished. The painting represents both what once was and the inevitable change that comes with industrial development.

Este cuadro capta la vibrante actividad nocturna de Greenwich Village, el barrio neoyorquino donde vivía y trabajaba John Sloan. Cuando Sloan pintó esta escena, la ciudad experimentaba cambios rápidos. Los residentes recorrían las calles y las tiendas hasta altas horas de la noche gracias a la reciente introducción del alumbrado eléctrico. Los nuevos proyectos de construcción provocaron la demolición parcial o total de edificios, como el blanco que aparece en la imagen. La obra representa tanto lo que una vez fue como el cambio inevitable que conlleva el desarrollo industrial.