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George Bellows

Chester Dale, 1922

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 113.7 x 88.3 cm (44 3/4 x 34 3/4 in.)

framed: 136.5 x 109.8 cm (53 3/4 x 43 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Chester Dale Collection

Accession Number

1944.16.1

Artists / Makers

George Bellows (painter) American, 1882 - 1925

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Inscription

lower right in red: GEO BELLOWS; upper center reverse: PORTRAIT OF CHESTER DALE. / BY GEO BELLOWS, 1922

Provenance

Commissioned 1922 by Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; gift 1944 to NGA.

Associated Names

Dale, Chester

Exhibition History

1924: Paintings and Sculpture by British, American and Canadian Artists; Graphic Art and Photography, Canadian National Exhibiton, Toronto, August-September 1924, no. 205.

1924: Twenty-Third Annual International Exhibition of Paintings, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, April-June 1924, no. 65.

1948: New Yorkers 1848-1968, Portraits, Inc., New York, 1948, no. 6.

1957: George Bellows: A Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., January-February 1957, no. 54, repro.

1957: Paintings by George Bellows, Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Ohio, March-April 1957, no. 56.

1965: The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.

Bibliography

n.d.: Peck, Glenn C. George Bellows' Catalogue Raisonné. H.V. Allison & Co. URL: http://www.hvallison.com. Accessed 16 August 2016.

1965: Morgan, Charles H. George Bellows. Painter of America. New York, 1965: 251-252.

1965: Paintings other than French in the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 53, repro.

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 16, repro.

1971: Braider, Donald. George Bellows and the Ashcan School of Painting. New York, 1971: 131.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 26, repro.

1980: Wilmerding, John. American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1980: 144, repro.

1981: Williams, William James. A Heritage of American Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1981: repro. 201, 205.

1988: Wilmerding, John. American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. Rev. ed. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1988: 166, repro.

1991: Kopper, Philip. America's National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation. New York, 1991: 238, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 32, repro.

1992: Quick, Michael, Jane Myers, Marianne Doezema, and Franklin Kelly. The Paintings of George Bellows. Exh. cat. Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Columbus (Ohio) Museum of Art; Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, 1992-1993. New York, 1992: 221, fig. 48.

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