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Description: John Sloan (1871-1951)
Reddy in the Tree
signed and dated 'John Sloan 17' (lower left)--signed again and inscribed with title (on the reverse)--inscribed 'Red in Tree' (along the left tacking edge)
oil on canvas
32 x 26¼ in. (81.3 x 66.7 cm.)

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Provenance: The artist.
Helen Farr Sloan, wife of the artist.
Estate of the above.
John Sloan Trust.
By bequest to the present owner from the above.

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Exhibited: New York, Grand Central Palace, First Annual Exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists, April 10-May 6, 1917, no. 109.
New York, 647 Fifth Avenue, and elsewhere, 1st Annual Exhibition of American Painters, Sculptors and Gravers, November 1-22, 1919, no. 74.
Jacksonville, Florida, Cummer Gallery of Art, and elsewhere, John Sloan, November 15-December 15, 1963, no. 16.
Wilmington, Delaware, Delaware Art Center, John Sloan, June 16-July 10, 1966, no. 16.
Chester, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Military College, John Sloan Paintings, May 1-June 19, 1967.
Elmira, New York, Arnot Art Gallery, John Sloan, November 9-December 7, 1969.
Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, Lock Haven State College, The John Sloan Exhibit, 1970, no. 16.
Springfield, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, and elsewhere, John Sloan: The Gloucester Years, July 13-August 31, 1980, no. 32.
Columbus Museum, Making Faces: A Collection of Portraits by John Sloan, May 20-August 19, 2001.

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Published: Lock Haven State College, The John Sloan Exhibit, exhibition catalogue, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, 1970, n.p., no. 16, illustrated.
Museum of Fine Arts, John Sloan: The Gloucester Years, exhibition catalogue, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1980, n.p., no. 32, illustrated.
R. Elzea, John Sloan's Oil Paintings: A Catalogue Raisonné, pt. 1, Newark, Delaware, 1991, p. 209, no. 521, illustrated.

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Notes: Property from the Estate of Helen Farr Sloan/John Sloan Trust, Sold to Benefit the Delaware Art Museum*
No sales tax is due on the purchase price of this lot if it is picked up or delivered in the State of New York.
*This lot may be exempt from sales tax as set forth in the Sales Tax Notice in the back of the catalogue.