Study for "Ford Tank and Fleeing Figures"
Datec. 1918
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumGraphite on paper
Dimensionssheet: 10 7/8 × 8 3/8 in. (27.6 × 21.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 2000
Object number2000-310
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextFord Motor Company began to build tanks during World War I, and this drawing likely dates from that time. However, the first Ford tank (the M1918) was a light, two-man tank, unlike the behemoth—more typical of British World War I tanks—pictured here.
