Introducing the Champion

1916

George Bellows

Associated Names
George Bellows

Artist, American, 1882 - 1925

The scene is set in a boxing ring with three figures in the foreground. On the left, there is a boxer wearing black boxing shorts and gloves. Next to him is a referee in a shirt and dark trousers, signaling. In the corner of the ring, there is another boxer receiving attention from his coach. The background shows an audience in chairs. The lighting highlights the figures in the ring.

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 62.87 × 53.02 cm (24 3/4 × 20 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1956.6.9

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mason 1992, no. 26

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1988

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., June 1988.

Bibliography

1927

  • Bellows, Emma S. George W. Bellows: His Lithographs. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927, no. 172.

1977

  • Mason, Lauris. The Lithographs of George Bellows: A Catalogue Raisonné. Millwood, NY: KTO Press, 1977, no. 26.

1982

  • Carmean, E.A., Jr., et al. Bellows: The Boxing Pictures. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1982: 33.

1992

  • Mason, Lauris. The Lithographs of George Bellows: A Catalogue Raisonné. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1992, p. 69, no. 26.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: No. 54; lower center in graphite: Introducing the Champion; lower right in graphite: Geo Bellows; lower center in plate: Geo Bellows

Wikidata ID

Q65224829

You may be interested in

Loading Results