Prohibition Beer
Datec. 1933
Artist
Helen Farr Sloan
(American painter, 1911–2005)
MediumLithograph
Dimensionscomposition: 10 1/4 × 13 7/8 in. (26 × 35.2 cm)
sheet: 12 1/2 × 15 1/4 in. (31.8 × 38.7 cm)
sheet: 12 1/2 × 15 1/4 in. (31.8 × 38.7 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Helen Farr Sloan, 2015
Object number2015-18
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThis lithograph presents a scene in a speakeasy—an underground bar where patrons consumed alcohol during Prohibition in the 1920s and early 1930s. In this crowded interior, the patrons make little effort to hide their illicit consumption, drinking from huge mugs and schooners while a pianist and a violinist provide entertainment.
