Snowstorm in the Village
John Sloan (1871-1954), Snowstorm in the Village, etching, 1925, signed, titled and annotated “100 imp”. Reference: Morse 216, third state of three, from the edition of 100, on laid paper, in good condition, with wide margins (three nicks at bottom margin edge, few pale fox marks margin verso). 7 x 5, the sheet 11 5/8 x 8 1/8 inches, archival mounting.
A fine, clear, delicately printed impression of this evocative scene; one of Sloan’s great triumphs in printmaking.
Sloan noted in discussing this print years 20 years after it was made: “Viewed from my studio on Washington Place [in Greenwich Village], the Jefferson Market Court tower and elevated tracks on Sixth Avenue under a swirl of snow.” The Jefferson Market Court tower and the church are still there; the El has been taken down.