Halloween Puzzle
Date1901
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
Illustration CitationPhiladelphia Press, October 27, 1901.
MediumWatercolor, pen and ink, graphite on paper board
Dimensionssheet: 22 3/8 x 22 in. (56.8 x 55.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1981
Object number1981-44
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextBetween 1899 and 1910 Sloan's most dependable source of income was from the weekly puzzles he created for the Philadelphia Press. In this one, the name of the woman's future husband was meant to be discovered in the curls of the apple paring.