Street Fight [recto], 1907

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Medium

conté crayon, pastel, graphite, and brush and black ink on wove paper

Dimensions

image: 54.61 × 61.91 cm (21 1/2 × 24 3/8 in.)

framed: 73 x 82.5 x 4.5 cm (28 3/4 x 32 1/2 x 1 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Eugene L. and Marie-Louise Garbáty Fund

Accession Number

1996.39.1.a

Artists / Makers

George Bellows (artist) American, 1882 - 1925

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in conte crayon: Geo Bellows

Provenance

Joseph B. Thomas Jr., New York, 1911 (purchased from artist);[1] Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Horowitz, Hopkins, Minnesota, 1979-1987; (sale, Sotheby's, New York, 20 April 1979, lot 182); Dr. Robert Nowinski, Seattle, Washington, 1987-1996; (sale, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1996);[2] purchased 1996 by NGA.

[1] George Bellows, Book A, unpublished artist's record book in possession of Ohio State University Libraries and the Columbus Museum of Art, page 34, no. 41.

[2] Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York.

Associated Names

Hirschl & Adler Galleries

Exhibition History

1910: Exhibition of Independent Artists, 29 West 35th Street, New York, 1910. (recto only)

1997: Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 68.

2001: A Century of Drawing, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002, no. 10, as Street Fight.

2012: George Bellows, National Gallery of Art, Washington; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2012 - 2013, no. 5.

Bibliography

1982: Carmean, E.A., Jr., et al. Bellows: The Boxing Pictures. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1982: 53, fig. 55 (recto only).

1992: Doezema, Marianne. George Bellows and Urban America. New Haven and London, 1992: 134, 136, no. 58. (recto only)

2001: A Century of Drawing. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002: no. 10.

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. 5.