The Rathskeller
1901 · Oil on canvas · Cleveland Museum of Art
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About this work
- Artist
- John Sloan (1871–1951)
- Year
- 1901
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 90.5 × 69 cm
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Movement
- Ashcan School
In a dim basement beer hall, a woman in a black dress and a wide black hat sits alone at a small table while men in dark suits sit at the tables around her, under a heavy fringed curtain and a frieze of painted roses. John Sloan painted it in Philadelphia in 1901, while he was still earning his living as a newspaper illustrator, and its near-monochrome palette of browns and blacks shows how closely he and Robert Henri were then looking at Manet and Velázquez. It was shown at the Philadelphia Art Club that December and at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1904. The Cleveland Museum of Art acquired it in 1946.
This full-bleed edition prints the work edge to edge from a high-resolution scan of the original, very slightly cropped (a few percent at most) to fit the sheet. The gallery edition shows the whole work, uncropped. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A dark, moody café interior in brown, black and cream for a study, bar area or hallway in a black frame. It pairs well with Whistler's portraits and suits a deep brown, olive or charcoal wall.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Ashcan School painting
- Era
- 20th century (1901)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- hallway or entryway, study or library, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 12×16, 18×24 in — 12×16 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 18×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway.
Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or dark wood frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
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An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
