Unemployed, Buy Apples
Date1930
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumBlue ink on paper
Dimensionssheet: 5 1/8 × 7 13/16 in. (13 × 19.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1986
Object number1986-135.231d
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThe temptation of Adam and Eve was a favorite subject for Sloan. Here he sets Eve in a Depression-era context, with the serpent offering apples for sale.