A Stag at Sharkey's

1917

George Bellows

Associated Names
George Bellows

Artist, American, 1882 - 1925

This is a print of a boxing match in an arena. Two shirtless boxers are seen grappling in the ring, with a referee nearby. The audience surrounding the ring is shown at the bottom watching the match, some turning to speak to each other. The background is black

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 47.63 × 60.64 cm (18 3/4 × 23 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 55.56 × 70.17 cm (21 7/8 × 27 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1956.6.13

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mason 1992, no. 46

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(H. V. Allison & Co., Larchmont, NY); purchased by NGA, 1956.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • George Bellows, National Gallery of Art, Washington; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2012 - 2013, no. 121.

2016

  • Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Gallery in Prague, Prague 1; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2016 - 2017, no. 69.

Bibliography

1927

  • Bellows, Emma S. George W. Bellows: His Lithographs. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927, no. 71.

1977

  • Mason, Lauris. The Lithographs of George Bellows: A Catalogue Raisonné. Millwood, NY: KTO Press, 1977, no. 46.

1982

  • Carmean, E.A., Jr., et al. Bellows: The Boxing Pictures. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1982: 35.

1992

  • Mason, Lauris. The Lithographs of George Bellows: A Catalogue Raisonné. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1992, pp. 98-99, no. 46.

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. 121.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: No. 62; lower center in graphite: A Stag at Sharkey's; lower right in graphite: Geo Bellows.; lower center in plate: Geo Bellows

Wikidata ID

Q65224899

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