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: 14 7/16 × 10 1/2 in. (36.7 × 26.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 2000
Object number2000-654
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextSloan added a beard, mustache, and bushy eyebrows to this cover photograph of Cardinal-designate Francis J. Spellman. He also transformed his cross into a swastika.