Sketch idea for "Competing with the Sharks: Remedial Loan Companies and Their Good Work"
Date1910
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
Illustration CitationProbably a preliminary study for "John Smith Borrows $20," by J. M. Oskison, in Collier's, September 4, 1909, or "Competing with the Sharks: Remedial Loan Companies and Their Good Work," by J.M. Oskison, in Collier's, February 5, 1910.
MediumInk on board
Dimensionssheet: 13 5/16 × 14 5/8 in. (33.8 × 37.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 2000
Object number2000-140
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextIn 1909 and 1910 for Collier's Weekly, Sloan illustrated a series of articles by J.M. Oskison about unscrupulous lenders. According to the inscription, this illustration was a preliminary drawing for one of those stories.
