Eric Sloane and the Noah Blake Cabin

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Author and artist Eric Sloane (1905-1985) photographed outside of the newly built Noah Blake cabin, probably late summer of 1974. It appears that Eric has in his right hand several riven wooden shingles.
After a period of about a decade of being shuttered to public visitation, the Friends of the Eric Sloane Museum undertook a 4 year project of completely rebuilding the cabin, using as a template the cabin as drawn by Eric in his 1962 “Dairy of an Early American Boy: Noah Blake 1805”. You can read more about the cabin, and the book that inspired it here: www.friendsoftheericsloanemuseum.org/cabin

Eric Sloane’s Simple Machines Exhibit

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New hands-on exhibit “Eric Sloane’s Simple Machines” at the Eric Sloane Museum

A big thank you to Scott Sheldon and John Pennings of  the Friends of the Eric Sloane Museum and museum head Andrew Rowand for all their incredible work on the Noah Blake cabin yesterday! My special thanks to Andrew for going the extra mile in helping me to install the brand new hands-on simple machines exhibit in the cabin. Visitors young and old can now experiment with simple machines and understand fully how they can provide a mechanical advantage.

Eric Sloane : Morton Salt Building Mural

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Eric Sloane’s 1958 Mural in the President’s Office, Morton Salt, Chicago, IL

Eric Sloane painted this stunning mural for the President of Morton Salt in 1958. Rumor has it that, when the building was demolished, an undisclosed collector paid an equally undisclosed sum to have a team of “specialists” cut the mural intact from the wall. I’ve never been able to track the truth of the rumor down, nor am I aware of anyone who has seen the mural since this photo was taken.

Eric Sloane Roosevelt Field Inn Art

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Here is a fantastic postcard that features an illustration by Eric Sloane, N.A. sent to me by my good friend and fellow Sloane enthusiast Randy Castellini. You can see that the illustration mimics the type of illustrations that Eric was creating for air fields like Roosevelt Field and Newark Airport. The postmark on the verso of 1940 confirms what we have suspected is the era of these maps. Recall that it was at the Roosevelt Field Inn where Eric Sloane hung one of his first cloudscapes, to which a friend asked him, ‘Who is going to buy a large painting of just the clouds?’ – Sloane had the last laugh, as it was Amelia Earhart who purchased the painting.”
Learn more about how the Friends of the Eric Sloane Museum supports and promotes the legacy of Eric Sloane through a robust partnership with the Eric Sloane Museum.

Eric Sloane Pen and Ink: Geese in Flight

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Just in to the gallery – this original pen and ink by Eric Sloane, N.A. A charming view of a flock of geese over a marshland. Over the course of his artistic career, Eric Sloane included ducks or geese in a wide variety of his works, probably a result of time spent on Long Island, N.Y. as a younger man. Approximately 12″ tall x 10″ wide. Signed Eric Sloane, N.A. at center right. On heavy artist board. Unframed as received in the gallery.

Geese in Flight by Eric Sloane, N.A.

Holy Cow! Eric Sloane!

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Eric Sloane at home, 1958, as part of a series of publicity photographs concerning the publication of his book Seasons of America Past.
Photo courtesy of Wil Mauch. Learn more about how the Friends of the Eric Sloane Museum supports and promotes the legacy of Eric Sloane through a robust partnership with the Eric Sloane Museum by visiting us at www.friendsoftheericsloanemuseum.org.

Pennsylvania Bank Barn by Eric Sloane, N.A.

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Just in to the gallery – this iconic, original pen and ink view of a Pennsylvania bank barn with a stone spring house in the foreground by Eric Sloane, N.A. Well-sized at approximately 12″ tall x 10″ wide.
Signed Eric Sloane, N.A. at center. On heavy artist board. Unframed as received in the gallery – we have decided to let the new owner make their own decisions regarding framing options. Please contact the gallery for pricing.