The Flapper -- When She Is Good She Is Very Good -- but -- When She Is Bad She Is Horrid

The Flapper -- When She Is Good She Is Very Good -- but -- When She Is Bad She Is Horrid
The Flapper -- When She Is Good She Is Very Good -- but -- When She Is Bad She Is Horrid

The Flapper -- When She Is Good She Is Very Good -- but -- When She Is Bad She Is Horrid

Date1924
Artist (American illustrator, 1873–1956)
Illustration CitationDate and place of publication not identified
MediumInk on illustration board
Dimensionscomposition: 10 3/8 × 13 5/16 in. (26.4 × 33.8 cm)
sheet: 11 5/16 × 14 3/16 in. (28.7 × 36 cm)
Credit LineGift of John Sloan Memorial Foundation, 1982
Object number1982-13
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ClassificationsDRAWING
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Study for "Very earnestly it was explained to her some way or other, by some miracle or other, she had become owner of a vast sum of money"
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