Better Mouse Traps?
Date1937
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 3 7/8 × 5 7/8 in. (9.8 × 14.9 cm)
sheet: 8 13/16 × 12 5/8 in. (22.4 × 32.1 cm)
sheet: 8 13/16 × 12 5/8 in. (22.4 × 32.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1998
Object number1998-46
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 a rate from 60 to 80 miles an hour, patronage is scarce."
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