I Went Down that There Slide Faster than the Empire State Express
1910-1913
Artist, American, 1870 - 1938
Artwork overview
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Medium
conté crayon with gouache on wove paper
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. William J. Glackens, wife of the artist)
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Dimensions
sheet: 32.07 × 36.83 cm (12 5/8 × 14 1/2 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.531
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mrs. William J. Glackens, New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1939
Memorial Exhibition of the Works by William J. Glackens, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1939, no. 112
1980
That’s Entertainment, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1980
1981
Of Time and Place: American Figurative Art from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1981-1983, pp. 96-97, no. 35, repro
2007
Impressionism, Realism, Modernism: Works on Paper from the American Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2007
Bibliography
1983
Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 152, no. 1025.
1987
Allyn, Nancy E., and Elizabeth H. Hawkes. William Glackens: A Catalogue of his Book and Magazine Illustrations. Wilmington: Delaware Art Museum, 1987, pp. 27, 74, no. 554.
Inscriptions
lower left in black conté crayon: W. Glackens; upper left verso in green colored pencil by unknown hand: C 13; center verso in graphite: I went down that there slide / faster than the Empire State Express; lower center verso in graphite by unknown hand: - 4 1/2" - / 10 1/8 x 11 3/8 / with rule
Wikidata ID
Q64637005