John Sloan Works

McSorley's Back Room by John Sloan
  • John Sloan

  • McSorley's Back Room

  • Etching

  • 5.25 " x 7 "
  • Edition: 100
  • This work is a portrait of John McSorley and two friends at McSorley's Old House and Home. McSorley died before Sloan ever visited the bar – the print is based on a memory told by his son of his father always sitting there in the sun.

    McSorley’s Old Ale House (formerly McSorley’s Old House and Home) has been a watering hole and the subject of art and literature for years. Established in 1854 at 15 East 7th Street, in today's East Village– McSorley’s can boast of being New York City’s oldest continuously operated saloon. No piece of memorabilia has been removed from the walls since 1910. Everyone from Abe Lincoln to John Lennon has passed thru McSorley’s swinging doors. Woody Guthrie inspired the union movement from a table in the front, while civil rights attorney’s Faith Seidenberg and Karen DeCrow had to take their case to the Supreme Court to gain access to the “Men Only” establishment. Women were finally allowed access to McSorley’s in 1970!
  • $4,500