Nude, Green Scarf

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FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG

John Sloan was a founding member of the Ashcan School, a group of artists known for painting scenes of urban life in downtown Manhattan. He attended the same Philadelphia high school as Albert Barnes and the painter William Glackens, who helped Dr. Barnes start his collection. While Sloan was known for painting scenes of life he witnessed in New York's working-class neighborhoods, this canvas depicts a more traditional nude, likely painted from an artist's model in a studio setting. Sloan's loose brushstrokes only lightly suggest some of the details of the composition, such as the pattern on the green scarf that rests under the figure's reclining body.

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