Radio City Music Hall Mural Sketch
Date1932
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumTempera underpaint; oil-varnish glaze on pressboard
Dimensions18 × 26 in. (45.7 × 66 cm)
frame: 26 1/4 × 34 1/4 in. (66.7 × 87 cm)
frame: 26 1/4 × 34 1/4 in. (66.7 × 87 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1985
Object number1985-89
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextIn the depths of the Great Depression in 1932, there was a competition for mural designs for the decoration of Radio City Music Hall, then under construction. Artists were paid $150 for their submissions, even if they were not selected, which may have encouraged Sloan to submit.
