Knee, Ernest, 1907-1982
Photographer
Size: 15 photographic prints : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. or smaller
Summary: Photographs of the Sloans in and about their ranch in Santa Fe. Two photographs show Sloan painting in his studio, and two show him making a bookshelf. Other people pictured include: Jozef Bakos, Teresa Bakos, and Will Shuster.
John Sloan (1871-1951) was a painter, printmaker, illustrator, and teacher from New York, N.Y. and Santa Fe, N.M. He was a member of the artists' group known as "the eight." Ernest Knee (1907-1982) was a Canadian photographer who worked primarily in New Mexico.
Donated 1972 by Sylvia Loomis. Microfilmed 1973 with Photographs of Artists Collection I and scanned in 2003.
Ernest Knee photographs of John and Dolly Sloan, 1939. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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