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GEORGE WESLEY BELLOWS (1882-1925)

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ID 931855
Lot 163 | GEORGE WESLEY BELLOWS (1882-1925)
GEORGE WESLEY BELLOWS (1882-1925)

Susan Comfort

signed 'Geo Bellows' (lower right)

oil on canvas

22 x 18 in. (55.9 x 45.7 cm.)

Painted in 1916.





Provenance

The artist.

Estate of the above, 1925.

Emma S. Bellows, wife of the artist.

Frank K.M. Rehn Gallery, New York.

Dr. Fred T. Murphy, Detroit, Michigan, acquired from the above, 1928.

Mr. & Mrs. Allen Kander, New York.

Campanile Galleries, Chicago, Illinois, 1967.

Meredith Long & Company, Houston, Texas.

Private collection, Houston, Texas, acquired from the above, 1969.

Acquired by the present owner from the above.



Literature

Artist's Record Book B, p. 102.

A.A. Knopf, The Paintings of George Bellows, New York, 1929, n.p., no. 64.

The Kennedy Quarterly, vol. 6, New York, 1966, p. 228, illustrated.

Art Scene, 1968, p. 29, illustrated.



Exhibited

Montclair, New Jersey, 1917.

Newport, Rhode Island, Newport Art Association, 1917.

Cleveland, Ohio, George E. Gage Gallery, 1918.

Columbus, Ohio, Gallery of Fine Arts and Art Association of Columbus, Exhibition of Paintings by George Bellows, January 30-February 13, 1918.

New York, Milch Galleries, Paintings by George Bellows, March 13-24, 1918.

Buffalo, New York, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, 1919.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Art Museum, 1919.

Chicago, Illinois, Carson, Pirie, Scott & Company, 1922.

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Memorial Exhibition of the Work of George Bellows, October 12-November 22, 1925, p. 65, no. 24, illustrated.

New York, Frank K.M. Rehn Galleries, 1928.

New York, Davis & Long Company, American Painting, October 6-27, 1976, no. 1.



Post lot text

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)
Applied technique:Oil, Painted
Art style:Ashcan School, Modern art
Auction house category:Paintings
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