Sixth Avenue, Greenwich Village
Maker
John Sloan
(American, 1871-1951)
Date1923
MediumEtching on paper
DimensionsImage: 4 7/8 × 6 7/8 in. (12.4 × 17.5 cm)
Sheet (irregular, max.): 8 3/4 × 9 15/16 in. (22.2 × 25.2 cm)
Sheet (irregular, max.): 8 3/4 × 9 15/16 in. (22.2 × 25.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Delaware Art Museum
Collections
Object number2008.212
Status
Not on viewFrom his Washington Place studio that overlooked Sixth Avenue, Sloan could observe the bustling artistic hub that was Greenwich Village in the 1920s. Yet already, the neighborhood was changing. Curious about its unconventional and bohemian reputation, tourists began to visit in substantial numbers—arriving either by bus or by subway, which came to the Village starting in the late teens. By 1927, Sloan was forced to vacate his apartment because it was being demolished as part of further subway construction.
