Study for "Looking Down on the Sandbank"
Date1920
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
Illustration CitationMitch Miller, by Edgar Lee Masters (New York: Macmillan Co., 1920).
MediumGraphite on paper
Dimensionssheet: 7 11/16 × 5 3/16 in. (19.5 × 13.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 2000
Object number2000-151
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis preliminary drawing represents the scene from a viewpoint behind the boys. The published image shows them from the front, clarifying the interaction.