Ba lick Pa Pan
Date1945
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumGraphite on paper
Dimensionssheet: 13 11/16 × 11 5/8 in. (34.8 × 29.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1986
Object number1986-133.629
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextInspired by the unfamiliar name of a Japanese oil port, Sloan drew a cartoon of a sheep licking from a pan held by an old man. Throughout his career, from his early years making newspaper puzzles until the end of his life, Sloan enjoyed puns and wordplay.
