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Description: JOHN SLOAN (American, 1871-1951) Girl with Auburn Hair, (Miss Kitty Yoder), circa 1900 Oil on canvas 23-1/2 x 19-1/2 inches (59.7 x 49.5 cm) Inscribed verso: 708/#708 / Miss Yoder "Kitty" / Girl with Auburn Hair / 1903 JS inventory #708 PROVENANCE: Estate of the artist; Kraushaar Galleries, New York (label verso); Private collection, New York EXHIBITED: Moore College of Art Gallery, Philadelphia, "John Sloan/ Robert Henri: Their Philadelphia Years (1886-1904)", October 1-November 12, 1976. LITERATURE: St. John Bruce, "John Sloan in Philadelphia," American Art Journal 13, Fall 1971, p. 86, illus. G. Holcomb, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings of John Sloan, 1900-1913, Ph.D. diss., University of Delaware, 1972, pp. 103-104 illus. R. Elzea, John Sloan's Oil paintings, A Catalogue Raisonné, Newark, 1991, pp. 54-55, illus. no. 36. Girl with Auburn Hair depicts Kitty Yoder, a close Philadelphia friend of John and Dolly Sloan, in the dim light of a neighborhood eatery. Here Sloan demonstrates his early interest in presenting his sitters within the context of daily life -- a harbinger of The Eight's vanguard urban subjects. Girl with Auburn Hair also recalls the tonal painting technique so admired by Robert Henri, William Merritt Chase, and John Singer Sargent.