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John French Sloan (American, 1871–1951) Selma Nude, Seated | Freeman's

American Art and Pennsylvania Impressionists Featuring the Collection of Charles and Virginia Bowden

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Lot 54

John French Sloan (American, 1871–1951) Selma Nude, Seated

John French Sloan (American, 1871–1951) Selma Nude, Seated

John French Sloan (American, 1871–1951) Selma Nude, Seated

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Lot 54

John French Sloan (American, 1871–1951) Selma Nude, Seated

Status:

Closed

Estimate: $5,000 - $8,000

Estimate$5,000 – $8,000

Status

Closed

John Sloan

John French Sloan (American, 1871–1951) Selma Nude, Seated

Literature

Rowland Elzea, John Sloan's Oil Paintings: A Catalogue Raisonné, Part II, University of Delaware Press, Newark; and Associated University Presses, London and Toronto, 1991, no. 783, p. 289-290 (illustrated).

Note

The model shown in the present work was Selma Backstorn, who also appears in Selma Nude, Rose Drape (1930), and Selma Nude, Red Hair (1933).

Provenance

Kraushaar Galleries, New York, New York.

Acquired directly from the above.

Collection of Charles and Virginia Bowden, San Antonio, New Mexico.