Caught Red-Handed
Date1914
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
Illustration CitationCover design for The Masses, July 1914.
MediumInk and blue pencil with reductive markings on coated board
Dimensionscomposition: 15 5/8 × 13 7/16 in. (39.7 × 34.1 cm)
sheet: 16 1/2 × 14 in. (41.9 × 35.6 cm)
sheet: 16 1/2 × 14 in. (41.9 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1992
Object number1992-39
On View
On viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextSloan depicts John D. Rockefeller attempting to scrub blood from his hands—blood that was shed at his Colorado mines when striking workers and their families were killed in a confrontation with the National Guard.
