Sixth Avenue Greenwich Village
John Sloan
American, 1871–1951
1923
An etching by John Sloan that captures a moment on Sixth Avenue in Greenwich Village, aiming to show the bustling everyday life and diverse people of 1920s New York.
You'd notice a compact crowd moving under an elevated structure—figures rendered in lively, cross-hatched line that gives the street a dense, immediate rhythm and a sense of urban bustle.
Associated with the Ashcan impulse, this print helped validate printmaking as a means to document and dignify ordinary modern city life, making the everyday a subject of serious art.
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Dimensions
plate: 4 15/16 x 6 7/8" (12.5 x 17.5 cm); sheet: 9 7/16 x 12 13/16" (23.9 x 32.5 cm)
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Credit
Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Accession
1359.1940
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