The celebrated Ashcan School artist John Sloan produced a
distinctive body of work depicting life on the rooftops of early
twentieth-century New York City. Designed to accompany the major
loan exhibition of the same name organized by the Palmer Museum of
Art, From the Rooftops: John Sloan and the Art of a New Urban Space
examines the allure of rooftop locales for Sloan, as well as for
more than a dozen of his contemporaries. From his early career as
an illustrator in Philadelphia to the final years of his life,
Sloan nurtured a fascination with what he called the “roof life
of the metropolis.†Devoted to the importance of this setting in
Sloan’s oeuvre, From the Rooftops features paintings, prints, and
photographs by Sloan, alongside examples from other notable artists
of the time, such as George Ault, William Glackens, Hughie
Lee-Smith, Edward Hopper, and Reginald Marsh—artists who were
likewise enthralled by “the city above the city.†In this book,
art historian Adam Thomas explores the pivotal role that New
York’s City’s rooftops played in Sloan’s thinking about urban
space and places Sloan’s work within its broader artistic and
cultural context. In his analysis, Thomas considers the liminal
status of the rooftop and its complexities as both an extension of
the domestic sphere and an escape from it during a period of
profound social and architectural transformation in New York City.
Featuring insightful analysis and more than eighty full-color
illustrations, this catalog will appeal to art historians and art
enthusiasts alike.
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