"Frankie and Johnnie," Second State
Date1928
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
Illustration CitationAct II, Scene 5 of HIM, by e.e. cummings.
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 4 7/8 × 7 7/8 in. (12.4 × 20 cm)
sheet: 9 9/16 × 12 9/16 in. (24.3 × 31.9 cm)
sheet: 9 9/16 × 12 9/16 in. (24.3 × 31.9 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Helen Farr Sloan, 2014
Object number2014-110
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextFor the final state, Sloan would burnish out much of the billowing curtain behind the singer, concentrating the focus on the central figures.
