Altered Cover of Life Magazine

© Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Not for reproduction or publica…
© Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Not for reproduction or publication.
Altered Cover of Life Magazine
© Delaware Art Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Not for reproduction or publication.

Altered Cover of Life Magazine

Date1946
Artist (American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumMixed media on magazine cover
Dimensionssheet: 13 15/16 × 10 5/8 in. (35.4 × 27 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 2000
Object number2000-655
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextSloan reimagined this scene of a clown and a giraffe.He transformed the animal into a strange hybrid with a snakelike body beneath its long neck. He equipped the clown with a report from the House Committee on Un-American Activities.