GENERAL DESCRIPTION
George Bellows spent most of his life in New York City searching for subjects in the public parks and thoroughfares. He bought a lithographic press in 1916 and had it installed in his studio, on the top floor of his home at 146 East 19th Street. Lithography was a fitting technique for the artist's expressive drawing style. He befriended an up-and-coming printer George Charles Miller and convinced him to come to the studio in the evenings to help Bellows produce prints from whatever lithographic stone he had drawn during the day.
Emily Schiller, Digital Collections Content Coordinator, 2015.
NOTES
Added to TMS- Printed by George Charles Miller (American, 1894-1965)
Removed TMS object tag because rule exists.
Note was routed and revised by Sue. I added brief biographical context to the description per Sue's suggestion. The routed tag is being removed and replaced by completed because this GDoc has been moved to Queta's folder for review.
Added inscription- Lower right recto in pencil: "No 23" and Lower center recto in pencil: "In the Park"
Added a second signature- Signed lower right recto in pencil: "Geo Bellows"
Added published reference:
Jane Myers and Linda Ayres, George Bellows: The Artist and His Lithographs 1916-1924 (Ft. Worth, TX: Amon Carter Museum, 1988), 132, 133 variant trial proof.
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Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Depicted- Central Park
Place of origin- NYC
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
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figures
women
children
girls
hats
dresses
park (public)
parasol
promenade/ walking
sitting
gaze
standing
picnic
contrast
Central Park
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PROVENANCE
From 1937: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, purchase from Keppel & Co. [1]
[1] 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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FUN FACTS
There are two versions of this print, "Light" and "Dark." In the alternate version, the buildings in the central background and the gradations of shading in the park's trees is visible. Here, the heightened contrast between foreground and background emphasizes the figures shown along the lower edge of the print.
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General Description
George Bellows spent most of his life in New York City searching for subjects in the public parks and thoroughfares. He bought a lithographic press in 1916 and had it installed in his studio, on the top floor of his home at 146 East 19th Street. Lithography was a fitting technique for the artist's expressive drawing style. He befriended an up-and-coming printer George Charles Miller and convinced him to come to the studio in the evenings to help Bellows produce prints from whatever lithographic stone he had drawn during the day.
Emily Schiller, Digital Collections Content Coordinator, 2015.
Fun Facts
There are two versions of this print, "Light" and "Dark." In the alternate version, the buildings in the central background and the gradations of shading in the park's trees is visible. Here, the heightened contrast between foreground and background emphasizes the figures shown along the lower edge of the print.
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Web Resources
Notes
Added to TMS- Printed by George Charles Miller (American, 1894-1965)
Removed TMS object tag because rule exists.
Note was routed and revised by Sue. I added brief biographical context to the description per Sue's suggestion. The routed tag is being removed and replaced by completed because this GDoc has been moved to Queta's folder for review.
Added inscription- Lower right recto in pencil: "No 23" and Lower center recto in pencil: "In the Park"
Added a second signature- Signed lower right recto in pencil: "Geo Bellows"
Added published reference:
Jane Myers and Linda Ayres, George Bellows: The Artist and His Lithographs 1916-1924 (Ft. Worth, TX: Amon Carter Museum, 1988), 132, 133 variant trial proof.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Depicted- Central Park
Place of origin- NYC
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
figures
women
children
girls
hats
dresses
park (public)
parasol
promenade/ walking
sitting
gaze
standing
picnic
contrast
Central Park
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
From 1937: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, purchase from Keppel & Co. [1]
[1] 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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