Needed at the Front
Date1945
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumGraphite on paper
Dimensionssheet: 7 11/16 × 5 3/4 in. (19.5 × 14.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1986
Object number1986-133.579
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis drawing—with its silly, slightly ribald poem about conserving toilet paper for the war effort—was made on the back of a sheet of thin typing paper with poems entitled "Manuelito" and "Mists." The author is not identified.Stanley Massey Arthurs
1897