Costume Ball Poster

John Sloan American
1933
Not on view
The costume ball took place at Webster Hall in New York City on December 15, 1933 to raise funds for The Artists and Writers Dinner Club. The club was Sloan's idea, who at the time was President of the Society of Independent Artists. Modeled after the Actors Dinner Club, the organization provided meals to artists and writers who have difficulty providing for themselves, see: Morse 1969, p. 308.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Costume Ball Poster
  • Artist: John Sloan (American, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania 1871–1951 Hanover, New Hampshire)
  • Date: 1933
  • Medium: Linoleum cut
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 19 in. × 12 1/2 in. (48.3 × 31.8 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Posters
  • Credit Line: Gift of Ernest Shapiro and Family, 1995
  • Object Number: 1995.411.140
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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