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Study for "The ex-pirate shot so rapidly through the tap-room that Experience (invisible but determined) had hard work to keep up with him"

Date1911

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

Illustration Citation"Delilah," by Ralph Bergengren, in Collier's, April 8, 1911.

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssheet: 11 7/16 × 15 1/4 in. (29.1 × 38.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 2000

Object number2000-180

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ClassificationsDRAWING

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