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JOHN SLOAN Anshutz on Anatomy.
Etching, 1912. 191x229 mm; 7 1/2x9 inches, full margins. Eighth state (of 8). Edition of 80 (from an intended edition of 100). Signed, titled and inscribed "100 proofs" in pencil, lower margin. A superb, richly-inked impression with strong contrasts.
A scene showing Thomas Anshutz, an instructor at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, delivering a talk on anatomy to artists at the New York School of Art. There is a self-portrait of Sloan ( 1871-1951) at the extreme upper right (wearing glasses); next to Sloan is George Bellows, Maurice Prendergast is next to the left of Bellows, Robert Henri (with the moustache) is between Sloan and the woman with the hat, William Glackens is the frontal portrait to the extreme left of the woman with the hat. Morse 155.
