Better Mouse Traps?
Date1937
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 3 7/8 × 5 13/16 in. (9.8 × 14.8 cm)
sheet: 9 1/8 × 12 3/4 in. (23.2 × 32.4 cm)
sheet: 9 1/8 × 12 3/4 in. (23.2 × 32.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1963
Object number1963-20.194
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextSloan explained his odd title as a satirical reading of the famous aphorism: "If a man excels in anything, even if it only be in making better mouse traps, the world will make a path to his door." The artist noted that "The world has certainly made a path close by the Indian artist's door, but since the world passes at a rate from 60 to 80 miles an hour, patronage is scarce."
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