Arch Conspirators

John Sloan|Marcel Duchamp|Charles Frederick Ellis

1917 · Etching · Drawings and Prints

A mid-winter party on the roof of the Washington Square Arch. Depicted from left are Charles Frederick Ellis, Marcel Duchamp, Gertrude S. Drick, Allen Russell Mann, Betty Turner, and John Sloan. According to Sloan, that evening a document was drawn up to establish the secession of Greenwich Village from the United States and claiming protection of President Wilson as one of the small nations. Sloan also notes, the door to the Arch stairway remained locked following this incident, see: Morse 1969, p. 209.

Artist

John Sloan|Marcel Duchamp|Charles Frederick Ellis

Date

1917

Medium

Etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, 1926