GEORGE WESLEY BELLOWS (1882-1925)
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ID 1561309
Lot 27 | GEORGE WESLEY BELLOWS (1882-1925)
Estimate value
150000USD $ 150 000 – 250 000
Sunlit Surf
signed 'Geo Bellows.' (lower center)—signed again and inscribed with title (on the reverse)
oil on board
15 x 19 ½ in. (38.1 x 49.5 cm.)
Painted in 1913.
Provenance
The artist.
Emma S. Bellows, wife of the above.
Estate of the above.
H.V. Allison & Co., New York.
Alfredo Valente, New York, 1965.
Private collection.
Washburn Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1985.
Literature
Artist's Record Book A, p. 247.
Art and Progress, vol. V, no. 3, March 1914, p. 185, illustrated.
Exhibited
New York, Montross Gallery, Exhibition of Paintings by George Bellows, 1914, no. 14.
Chicago, Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings by George Bellows, December 10, 1914-January 3, 1915, n.p., no. 23.
(Probably) Chicago, Illinois, George Perkins; Chicago, Illinois, O'Brien Gallery; Chicago, Illinois, Thurber Gallery, 1915.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Art Museum, Special Exhibition of Paintings by Mr. George Bellows, 1915, no. 15.
Detroit, Michigan, Detroit Museum of Art, Exhibition of Paintings by George Bellows, 1915, no. 22.
Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles Museum of Art, Paintings by George Bellows, N.A., 1915, no. 23.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Paintings by George Bellows, 1915, no. 44.
Muskegon, Michigan, Hackley Art Gallery, 1915.
Worcester, Massachusetts, Worcester Art Museum, Exhibition of Paintings by George Bellows, September 5-26, 1915, n.p., no. 23.
New York, H.V. Allison & Co., George Bellows, 1965, no. 6.
Further details
To be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the paintings of George Bellows being prepared by Glenn C. Peck. An online version of the catalogue is available at www.hvallison.com.
| Artist: | George Wesley Bellows (1882 - 1925) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on panel |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Marine art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | George Wesley Bellows (1882 - 1925) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on panel |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Marine art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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