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ID number: BIRBI-2017.1/3 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Artist / Maker: Sloan, John (1871-1951) Title / Object name: New York City Life - The Show Case Object type: Print Culture: American Date made: 1905 Materials: Etching Measurements: Plate: 124 x 175 mm; Sheet: 254 x 321 mm Provenance: Gifted by Delaware Art Museum and the Helen Farr Sloan Estate |
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The corset became a symbol for the restrictions placed on women’s lives and bodies for early 20th-century feminists. Sloan saw working-class girls as a healthy, vivacious presence in the city and sets their curious, energetic amusement and free, agile bodies against the stiff pretensions of the wealthy, corseted woman. |
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