The Picnic Grounds, (painting)

Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery

Object Details

painter
Sloan, John 1871-1951
Goodrich & Baur, "American Art of Our Century" New York, 1961.
"John Sloan 1871-1951" New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1952, no. 6.
Elzea, Rowland, and Elizabeth Hawkes, "John Sloan: Spectator of Life," Wilmington, DE: Delaware Art Museum, 1988, pg. 15.
St. John, Bruce, "John Sloan," New York: Praeger, 1971, no. 25.
Scott, David W., "John Sloan" New York: Watson-Guptill, 1975, pg. 94.
Goodrich, Lloyd, "John Sloan," New York: Macmillan Co. for the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1952, pg. 18.
Scott, David W., and E. John Bullard, "John Sloan, 1871-1951: His Life and Paintings," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1971, no. 46.
Elzea, Rowland, "John Sloan's Oil Paintings: A Catalogue RaisonneĢ," Newark, DE: University of Delaware Press, 1991, no. 69.
"John Sloan: Retrospective Exhibition," Andover, MA: Addison Gallery of American Art, 1938, no. 4.
"American Visionaries: Selections from the Whitney Museum of American Art," New York, NY: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2001, pg. 287.
Image on file.
"John Sloan 1871-1951" New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1952, pg. 18.
Elzea, Rowland, and Elizabeth Hawkes, "John Sloan: Spectator of Life," Wilmington, DE: Delaware Art Museum, 1988, pg. 15.
St. John, Bruce, "John Sloan," New York: Praeger, 1971, no. 25.
Scott, David W., "John Sloan" New York: Watson-Guptill, 1975, pg. 94.
Goodrich, Lloyd, "John Sloan," New York: Macmillan Co. for the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1952, pg. 18.
Scott, David W., and E. John Bullard, "John Sloan, 1871-1951: His Life and Paintings," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1971, no. 46.
Elzea, Rowland, "John Sloan's Oil Paintings: A Catalogue RaisonneĢ," Newark, DE: University of Delaware Press, 1991, no. 69.
"John Sloan: Retrospective Exhibition," Andover, MA: Addison Gallery of American Art, 1938, no. 4.
"American Visionaries: Selections from the Whitney Museum of American Art," New York, NY: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2001, pg. 287.
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Summary
View of three young women being chased around a tree by a man in a straw hat, while others enjoy a picnic lunch at tables in the background.
1906
Control number
IAP 60010052
Type
Paintings
Medium
Oil on canvas
Owner/Location
Whitney Museum of American Art 945 Madison Avenue New York New York 10021 Accession Number: 41.34
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
Topic
Figure group
Landscape--Park
Recreation--Picnic
Record ID
siris_ari_68197
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