Fire Can, First State
Date1920
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 3 5/8 × 2 1/4 in. (9.2 × 5.7 cm)
sheet: 5 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (14 × 8.9 cm)
sheet: 5 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (14 × 8.9 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Helen Farr Sloan, 2014
Object number2014-87
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextIn this state, the expression of the girl at left is unclear; she could look scared. In the final version, she will be smiling. In Sloan's etchings, the dangerous pastimes of urban children are presented as uninhibited fun, not as a civic nuisance in need of progressive reform.
