The Wake on the Ferry
Asked to provide a plate for a special printing for sale to the Arts Students League members, Charles W. Kraushaar, Jr. advised Sloan against using an existing plate. When the Secretary of the club suggested he make a lithograph from an old oil painting, 'The Wake of the Ferry', Sloan was furious - but also inspired. He decided to create a humorous plate titled 'The Wake on the Ferry', referencing a drunken Irish wake, see: Morse 1969, p. 348-9.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Wake on the Ferry
- Artist: John Sloan (American, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania 1871–1951 Hanover, New Hampshire)
- Date: 1949
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Plate: 4 15/16 × 6 15/16 in. (12.5 × 17.6 cm)
Sheet: 8 9/16 × 11 7/8 in. (21.8 × 30.1 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Ernest Shapiro and Family, 1995
- Object Number: 1995.411.159
- Rights and Reproduction: © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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