The Cigarette

1918

George Bellows

Associated Names
George Bellows

Artist, American, 1882 - 1925

The image shows a woman sitting on the floor with bent legs, one hand on the ground and the other raised above her head. She appears weary and is nude, with her head tilted back against the wall. Her long hair falls behind her. A man is seated nearby with his hand near his mouth. The scene includes an overturned chair, a window shutter, and scattered clothing. The background is dark and confined, hinting at an interior setting in disarray.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 36.83 × 48.9 cm (14 1/2 × 19 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.1775

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mason 1992, no. 57

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1964

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. 136.

Bibliography

1927

  • Bellows, Emma S. George W. Bellows: His Lithographs. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927, no. 183.

1977

  • Mason, Lauris. The Lithographs of George Bellows: A Catalogue Raisonné. Millwood, NY: KTO Press, 1977, no. 57.

1992

  • Mason, Lauris. The Lithographs of George Bellows: A Catalogue Raisonné. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1992, p. 115, no. 57.

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. 136.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: No 15.; lower center in graphite: The Cigarette; lower right in graphite: Geo Bellows

Wikidata ID

Q65508540

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