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Study for "Pushing his face close to the glass scrutinized himself—did not all these cry out in corroboration of the frightful implications in the office-boy epithet?"

Date1911

Artist John Sloan (American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)

Illustration Citation"Old Johnnie," by Barry Benefield, in Scribner's Magazine, December 1911.

MediumCrayon on paper

Dimensionssheet: 9 5/8 × 7 3/8 in. (24.4 × 18.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 2000

Object number2000-49

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ClassificationsDRAWING

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Study for "Pushing his face close to the glass scrutinized himself—did not all these cry out in corroboration of the frightful implications in the office-boy epithet?"

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