The Up-and-Down of Time—By John Sloan

An Etching Which Illustrates a Familiar Quotation from an English Poet

JOHN SLOAN, the creator of this etching, is one of the outstanding figures in contemporary American art. His illustrations for the novels of Paul de Kock are likely to endure, along with the works of the best European illustrators. As President of the Independent Artists, he has done an immense amount to stimulate the interest in American painting. As an etcher, instructor, painter, and graphic artist, he has achieved a long series of successes. Two Frenchmen, Daumier and Forain, spring naturally to mind when a comprehensive group of Sloan's work is put on view. Underlying a great deal of his work there is a fine satirical sense and a noble Hogarthian mirth. Three stimulating and enduring friendships have been his: those with Robert Henri, George Bellows and W. J. Glackens. These men have always seemed to feel and think about art in much the same terms and share the same enthusiasms

Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out Cls if they feared the light

Sir John Suckfing (1620)