Mar 07, 2013 - Sale 2306

Sale 2306 - Lot 221

Price Realized: $ 1,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
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, titled and inscribed "100 proofs" in pencil, lower margin. A very good impression of this scarce print.

A print made by Sloan on the eve of America's entry into World War II. Morse 305.