JOHN SLOAN (American 1871-1951)
“Girl in Reverie” – (Yosene Ker) 1929
Oil on panel
Signed upper right “John Sloan”
16” x 21 7/8”
Estimate $18,002-$22,000
Provenance: Barbara Woodward, Barridoff Galleries 1979, Christie, Mason and Woods, May 1988, lot #334
Exhibited: Philadelphia 1931 (Philadelphia Public Ledger, March 15, 1931)
Literature: Rowland Elzea, “John Sloans Oil Paintings – A Catalogue Raisonne, Part Two, Cranbury, New Jersey, 1991, page 317, illustrated as catalogue #872”. In “Gist of Art” Sloan wrote about this painting saying, “Underpainted in tempera this study of Yosene Ker, daughter of Balfour Ker the artist pleases me. The performance is light and fluent and the color-texture good. A quality of interpretation of a mood is obvious. Note the use of linework in light as well as shade areas.” William Balfour Ker was an illustrator and painter.