Jun 22, 2010 - Sale 2218

Sale 2218 - Lot 204

Price Realized: $ 960
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
JOHN SLOAN
The 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.