Mrs. Hollywood

 

James Blanding Sloan

  1886 - 1975 (biography)

c. 1925  

blockprint 

13 3/4 x 8 3/8" image size 

pencil signed, lower right 

not stated 

pencil titled; inscribed "imp." after signature 

National Gallery of Art 2008.115.4455 

soft, fibrous Japanese laid 

published 

artist 

9799 

$275.00 

Sloan's early works were greatly inspired by Asian iconography and his work in theater set design during the Art Deco era. In this image, the stylized figure of a woman, reminiscent of ancient goddess sculptures, flies above the Hollywood hills with a torch in hand, spotlight illuminating the curves of her figure and the landscape.