Altered Cover of Gunter's Magazine
Date1906
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumColored pencil and ink on magazine cover
Dimensionssheet: 9 7/8 × 6 7/8 in. (25.1 × 17.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 2000
Object number2000-668
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextJohn Sloan must have tired of the barrage of pretty girls that graced the covers of magazines in the first decade of the 20th century, when he was earning his living as an illustrator. He amused himself by transforming these bland beauties into earthier exemplars of femininity. His alterations resulted in images that were generally silly, sometimes ribald, and often a bit surreal.
