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Wake of the Ferry, oil on canvas by John French Sloan, 1907; in the Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.

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Wake of the Ferry

painting by Sloan

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In John French Sloan
…of romantic melancholy, as in Wake of the Ferry (1907). Occasionally, as in Fifth Avenue Critics, Sloan imparted a sharp satiric note into his work. Late in life Sloan turned back to the Art Nouveau motifs that had characterized his early work.
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