Children Playing in a Park
c. 1905
Artist, American, 1882 - 1925
George Wesley Bellows
Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and ink over graphite on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 55.4 × 73.6 cm (21 13/16 × 29 in.)
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Accession Number
2015.19.968
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Robert Gilmor Bowie, New York, c. 1905; Mrs. Robert G. (Harriet Emily) Bowie, Washington, DC, 1959; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1960; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1963
Progress of An American Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1963
1980
The Common Touch, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1980-1981, no. 4
1983
American Master Drawings from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1983
1986
American Masters: Works on Paper from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1986-1988, pp. 45-46, no. 24
2007
Impressionism, Realism, Modernism: Works on Paper from the American Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2007
Bibliography
1983
Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 174, no. 1189.
Inscriptions
lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: Drawing by George Bellows while a student at the New York School of Art 1905
Markings
None.
Watermarks
None.
Wikidata ID
Q64571639