GENERAL DESCRIPTION
For three years starting in 1921, George Bellows labored on the final portrait of his wife, Emma in a Purple Dress (1956.58). During these years he also executed several lithographs which depict Emma seated in the same, ruffle-trimmed dress, but experimented with the composition and surroundings. He used his printmaking process to explore the various possibilities of scale and facial expressions. Though the final painting shows Emma seated in their home in Woodstock, New York, this view shows her in their Manhattan apartment at 146 East 19th Street.
Adapted from
William Keyse Rudolph, DMA Label copy (1956.58), July 2005.
NOTES
Added alternate title-- Lady with a Fan
Removed TMS object tag because rule exists.
This note was routed to Sue and she approved with no changes. I am removing the routed tag and adding the completed tag because the GDoc has been moved to Queta's folder for review. (2/13/2017)
Emma S. Bellows added as the depicted individual in TMS.
Added published reference.
Jane Myers and Linda Ayres, George Bellows: The Artist and His Lithographs 1916-1924 (Ft. Worth, TX: Amon Carter Museum, 1988), 93.
In the future- the bibliography and sources listed in the TMS record for the completed portrait, 1956.58, could be added as bibliographic sources for this object.
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George Bellows, Emma in a Purple Dress, 1956.58
George Bellows, Emma in a Purple Dress, 1960.124
PROVENANCE
Before d. 1925: George Bellows (1882-1925)
From 1925- Before d. 1959: Emma S. Bellows (1884-1959) [1]
By 1960: H.V. Allison and Co., New York, NY [1]
From 1960: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, gift from the above [2]
[1] No documentation in the Collections Records Object File deals with the ownership history prior to the work's acquisition by the museum. Based on the history of the artist's estate, this object was likely left to his wife, Emma S. Bellows after George Bellows died in 1925. His widow controlled the estate from 1925 until her death in 1959. H.V. Allison & Co., Inc., New York, NY was the gallery which handled all sales from the estate prior to Mrs. Bellows' death. (This provenance is demonstrated in the records of Emma in a Purple Dress (Dallas Museum of Art, 1956.58). Correspondence between H.V. Allison representatives and Jerry Bywaters, the DMFA director, suggest that this gift was a result of the museum purchasing Emma in a Purple Dress in 1956.
[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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- Emma was thirty-nine and the mother of two girls when Bellows completed his final portrait of his wife, Emma in a Purple Dress (1956.58). Bellows met Emma, who is reported to have been an attractive, spirited woman of strong character, in 1905, and they were married in 1910. The pair met while enrolled in a class taught by Robert Henri at the New York School of Art (formerly the Chase School of Art, named for its founder, William Merritt Chase).
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General Description
For three years starting in 1921, George Bellows labored on the final portrait of his wife, Emma in a Purple Dress (1956.58). During these years he also executed several lithographs which depict Emma seated in the same, ruffle-trimmed dress, but experimented with the composition and surroundings. He used his printmaking process to explore the various possibilities of scale and facial expressions. Though the final painting shows Emma seated in their home in Woodstock, New York, this view shows her in their Manhattan apartment at 146 East 19th Street.
Adapted from
William Keyse Rudolph, DMA Label copy (1956.58), July 2005.
Fun Facts
- Emma was thirty-nine and the mother of two girls when Bellows completed his final portrait of his wife, Emma in a Purple Dress (1956.58). Bellows met Emma, who is reported to have been an attractive, spirited woman of strong character, in 1905, and they were married in 1910. The pair met while enrolled in a class taught by Robert Henri at the New York School of Art (formerly the Chase School of Art, named for its founder, William Merritt Chase).
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Notes
Added alternate title-- Lady with a Fan
Removed TMS object tag because rule exists.
This note was routed to Sue and she approved with no changes. I am removing the routed tag and adding the completed tag because the GDoc has been moved to Queta's folder for review. (2/13/2017)
Emma S. Bellows added as the depicted individual in TMS.
Added published reference.
Jane Myers and Linda Ayres, George Bellows: The Artist and His Lithographs 1916-1924 (Ft. Worth, TX: Amon Carter Museum, 1988), 93.
In the future- the bibliography and sources listed in the TMS record for the completed portrait, 1956.58, could be added as bibliographic sources for this object.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
portrait
woman
chair
sitting
dress
interior space
fan
hairstyle
dresser
texture
wedding ring
wives
RELATED OBJECTS
George Bellows, Emma in a Purple Dress, 1956.58
George Bellows, Emma in a Purple Dress, 1960.124
PROVENANCE
Before d. 1925: George Bellows (1882-1925)
From 1925- Before d. 1959: Emma S. Bellows (1884-1959) [1]
By 1960: H.V. Allison and Co., New York, NY [1]
From 1960: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, gift from the above [2]
[1] No documentation in the Collections Records Object File deals with the ownership history prior to the work's acquisition by the museum. Based on the history of the artist's estate, this object was likely left to his wife, Emma S. Bellows after George Bellows died in 1925. His widow controlled the estate from 1925 until her death in 1959. H.V. Allison & Co., Inc., New York, NY was the gallery which handled all sales from the estate prior to Mrs. Bellows' death. (This provenance is demonstrated in the records of Emma in a Purple Dress (Dallas Museum of Art, 1956.58). Correspondence between H.V. Allison representatives and Jerry Bywaters, the DMFA director, suggest that this gift was a result of the museum purchasing Emma in a Purple Dress in 1956.
[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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