Dragon of the Rio Grande
Date1922
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 2 1/8 × 5 1/16 in. (5.4 × 12.9 cm)
sheet: 8 1/8 × 9 13/16 in. (20.6 × 24.9 cm)
sheet: 8 1/8 × 9 13/16 in. (20.6 × 24.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1963
Object number1963-20.123
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextWhen Sloan looked at the mountains along the Rio Grande he saw a prone dragon. He used this etching as his and Dolly's Christmas greeting in 1922.