Three of Hearts
Datec. 1910
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumInk and graphite on Bristol board
Dimensionssheet: 14 1/4 × 11 1/4 in. (36.2 × 28.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1986
Object number1986-133.650a
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextIn his diary, Sloan noted that a publisher from the American edition of the Strand Magazine asked him to "draw a design (humorous) about a playing card." This likely refers to what is called a "transformation card"--when an artist takes the traditional pips (hearts, diamonds, etc.) of a card and builds an imaginative design around it. In December of 1910, the English edition of the Strand Magazine published an article "Playing-Card 'Squiggles'" about this practice, and they later published examples sent in by readers and artists.
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