Society Ball [verso], c. 1907

Not on View

Medium

charcoal and pastel on wove paper

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Eugene L. and Marie-Louise Garbáty Fund

Accession Number

1996.39.1.b

Artists / Makers

George Bellows (artist) American, 1882 - 1925

Image Use

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[1] George Bellows, Book A, unpublished artist's record book in possession of Ohio State University Libraries and the Columbus Museum of Art, page 34, no. 41.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