Dance in a Madhouse

1917

George Bellows

Associated Names
George Bellows

Artist, American, 1882 - 1925

This is a painting of an interior scene featuring a ballroom dance. The scene shows figures dancing in the foreground, with onlookers in the background. The painting uses dark tones and strong contrasts to create an intense atmosphere. The room is richly textured with dim lighting, similar to the style of Honoré Daumier.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 46.4 x 61.9 cm (18 1/4 x 24 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 50.8 x 66 cm (20 x 26 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1947.7.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mason 1992, no. 49

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Parke-Bernet, NY); Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA, 1947; gift to NGA, 1947

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1987

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., November 1987.

2012

  • George Bellows, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2012 - 2013, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1927

  • Bellows, Emma S. George W. Bellows: His Lithographs. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927, no. 92.

1977

  • Mason, Lauris. The Lithographs of George Bellows: A Catalogue Raisonné. Millwood, NY: KTO Press, 1977, no. 49.

1992

  • Mason, Lauris. The Lithographs of George Bellows: A Catalogue Raisonné. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1992, pp. 104-5, no. 49.

2012

  • Brock, Charles, et al. George Bellows. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2012-2013. Washington and New York, 2012: no. 107.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: No. 25; lower center in graphite: Dance in a Madhouse; lower right in graphite: Geo Bellows

Wikidata ID

Q65072432

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