Mar 08, 2016 - Sale 2407

Sale 2407 - Lot 182

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
JOHN SLOAN
Shell of Hell.

Etching and mezzotint, 1939. 127x101 mm; 5x4 inches, full margins. Second state (of 2). Edition of 45 (from an intended edition of 100). Signed and inscribed "100 proofs" in pencil, lower margin. A very good impression of this scarce print.

An etching Sloan made on the eve of America's entry into World War II.

With--Group of 9 etchings by Sloan from the De Kock series. Various sizes and conditions. Morse 305.