McSorley's Cats, (painting).

McSorley's Cats, (painting).

Sloan, John, 1871-1951, painter.

McSorley's Cats, (painting).

Digital Reference:

Flaxseed tempera underpaint and oil-varnish glaze on canvas.

35 1/4 x 45 1/4 in.

(Lower left:) John Sloan signed

Tavern scene with several men standing at the bar, and others sitting at a table. At right, a man with shirtsleeves rolled up and an apron at his waist is surrounded by four cats. Two of the cats rub against his legs while the other two look up at him. Several customers watch the scene.

Recreation -- Leisure -- Eating & Drinking

Architecture interior -- Commercial -- Tavern

Architecture interior -- Commercial -- McSorley's Tavern

Figure group -- Male

Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, California 91108 Accession Number: 83.8.44

Formerly in the collection of John Sloan Trust, Wilmington, Delaware

Gift of Virginia Steele Scott Foundation, Pasadena, California 1983.

"The Huntington Art Collections: A Handbook," San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, 1986.

Walther, Susan Danly, "The Virginia Steele Scott Gallery at the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California," Antiques 130 (Aug. 1986): pg. 270-279.

Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, collection printout 2008.

St. John, Bruce, "John Sloan," New York: Praeger, 1971, no. 75.

Scott, David W., "John Sloan" New York: Watson-Guptill, 1975, pg. 145.

Goodrich, Lloyd, "John Sloan," New York: Macmillan Co. for the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1952, pg. 55.

Scott, David W., and E. John Bullard, "John Sloan, 1871-1951: His Life and Paintings," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1971, no. 147.

"John Sloan 1871-1951" New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1952, no. 65.

Elzea, Rowland, "John Sloan's Oil Paintings: A Catalogue Raisonné," Newark, DE: University of Delaware Press, 1991, no. 820.

Walther, Susan Danly, "The Virginia Steele Scott Gallery at the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California," Antiques 130 (Aug. 1986): pg. 275.

St. John, Bruce, "John Sloan," New York: Praeger, 1971, no. 75.

Scott, David W., "John Sloan" New York: Watson-Guptill, 1975, pg. 145.

Goodrich, Lloyd, "John Sloan," New York: Macmillan Co. for the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1952, pg. 55.

"John Sloan 1871-1951" New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1952, pg. 55.

Scott, David W., and E. John Bullard, "John Sloan, 1871-1951: His Life and Paintings," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1971, no. 147.

Elzea, Rowland, "John Sloan's Oil Paintings: A Catalogue Raisonné," Newark, DE: University of Delaware Press, 1991, no. 820.

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