Splinter Beach

1916

George Bellows

Associated Names
George Bellows

Artist, American, 1882 - 1925

This is a drawing of a riverside scene with a large ship and industrial buildings in the background. In the foreground, there are people along the river engaging in activities like swimming or preparing to enter the water. The drawing is in black and white, giving it a vintage quality. The ship dominates the mid-ground, with its towering funnel and hull cutting across the scene. In the background, a bridge stretches across the river, flanked by large industrial-style buildings. The texture and shading provide depth and contrast, emphasizing the atmosphere and architectural elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Purchased as the Gift of Max N. Berry

  • Dimensions

    image: 38.1 × 50.17 cm (15 × 19 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 56.2 × 71.12 cm (22 1/8 × 28 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.21.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mason 1992, no. 28

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Purchased from C.G. Boerner Inc., New York, 2014.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

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. 68.

Bibliography

1927

  • Bellows, Emma S. George W. Bellows: His Lithographs. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927, no. 63.

1977

  • Mason, Lauris. The Lithographs of George Bellows: A Catalogue Raisonné. Millwood, NY: KTO Press, 1977, no. 28.

1992

  • Mason, Lauris. The Lithographs of George Bellows: A Catalogue Raisonné. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1992, p. 71, no. 28.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: First Proof; lower center in graphite: Splinter Beach; lower right in graphite: Geo Bellows

Wikidata ID

Q77006240

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