SLOAN, John (American, 1871?1951). The Lady and Her Tree. Philadelphia: The Vortex Co., 1895. Color lithograph advertisement (356 x 279 mm) for Charles Stokes Wayne?s 1895 novel The Lady and Her Tree with cover illustration by Ashcan School artist John Sloan (closed tear at upper center). John Sloan was a founding member of what would later be known as the Ashcan School, considered to be one of the most consequential American art movements of the early twentieth century.