Then we went to the Silver Slipper

© Estate of John Held, Jr. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduc…
© Estate of John Held, Jr.
Then we went to the Silver Slipper
© Estate of John Held, Jr. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.

Then we went to the Silver Slipper

Date1931
Artist (American painter and illustrator, 1889–1958)
Illustration CitationThe Flesh is Weak, by John Held, Jr. (New York: Vanguard Press, 1931).
MediumInk on illustration board
Dimensionssheet: 15 × 10 3/4 in. (38.1 × 27.3 cm)
mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 1986
Object number1986-116
On View
On view
ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextJohn Held, Jr.'s cartoons and caricatures were regarded as the epitome of the Roaring Twenties. He often showed his characters--including the well-recognized flapper-- dancing, motoring, and engaging in social activities.