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accession number: 1922.1133
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Stag at Sharkey's, 1909. George Bellows (American, 1882–1925). Oil on canvas; framed: 110 x 140.5 x 8.5 cm (43 5/16 x 55 5/16 x 3 3/8 in.); unframed: 92 x 122.6 cm (36 1/4 x 48 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1922.1133
title: Stag at Sharkey's
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creation date: 1909
creation date earliest: 1909
creation date latest: 1909
current location: 208 American Gilded Age and Realism
creditline: Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
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culture: America, 20th century
technique: oil on canvas
department: American Painting and Sculpture
collection: American - Painting
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* George Bellows (American, 1882–1925) - artist
An accomplished athlete, George Bellows (1882–1925) was an especially appropriate artist to address the subject of sports. Born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, he played baseball and basketball as a youth, developing sufficient ability to letter in both at Ohio State University. According to some accounts, scouts for the Cincinnati Reds took notice of his shortstop talents. However, Bellows’s first love, art, ultimately intervened, and after his junior year he relocated to New York to study painting. In a remarkably short period he became the leading artist of his generation, a reputation fueled through boxing subjects such as Stag at Sharkey’s. In his later years he developed recreational passions for tennis and billiards, which he routinely played with friends. Bellows’s life was cut short at the age of 42, due to complications after his appendix ruptured.
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measurements: Framed: 110 x 140.5 x 8.5 cm (43 5/16 x 55 5/16 x 3 3/8 in.); Unframed: 92 x 122.6 cm (36 1/4 x 48 1/4 in.)
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inscription: signed upper left: Geo Bellows, / Copyrighted 190[9]; inscribed on back: Geo Bellows / 146 E. 19th St. N.Y. / "Club Night" / 67.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Memorial Exhibition of the Work of George Bellows
opening date: 1925-10-12T05:00:00
Memorial Exhibition of the Work of George Bellows. Metropolitan Museum of Art (organizer) (co-organizer) (October 12-November 22, 1925).
title: The George Wesley Bellows Memorial Exhibition
opening date: 1926-02-16T05:00:00
The George Wesley Bellows Memorial Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 16-March 22, 1926).
title: The George Bellows Exhibition
opening date: 1931-01-22T05:00:00
The George Bellows Exhibition. Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (January 22-March 1, 1931).
title: Olympic Competition and Exhibition of Art
opening date: 1932-07-30T04:00:00
Olympic Competition and Exhibition of Art. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (organizer) (co-organizer) (July 30, 1932-August 31, 1931).
title: American Painting & Sculpture 1862-1932
opening date: 1932-10-31T05:00:00
American Painting & Sculpture 1862-1932. Museum of Modern Art, NY (organizer) (co-organizer) (October 31, 1932-January 31, 1933).
title: Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture
opening date: 1933-06-01T04:00:00
Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture. Art Institute of Chicago (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 1-November 1, 1933).
title: A Loan Exhibition of American Paintings Since 1900
opening date: 1933-12-10T05:00:00
A Loan Exhibition of American Paintings Since 1900. William Rockhill Nelson Gallery (co-organizer) (December 10, 1933-January 31, 1934).
title: The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition
opening date: 1936-06-26T04:00:00
The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 4, 1936).
title: Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today
opening date: 1937-06-23T04:00:00
Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-October 4, 1937).
title: Trois Siècles d'art aux Etats-Unis
opening date: 1938-05-24T04:00:00
Trois Siècles d'art aux Etats-Unis. Galerie national du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France (organizer) (co-organizer) (May 24-July 31, 1938).
title: Life in America: A Special Loan Exhibition of Paintings Held During the Period of the New York World's Fair
opening date: 1939-04-24T05:00:00
Life in America: A Special Loan Exhibition of Paintings Held During the Period of the New York World's Fair. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (co-organizer) (April 24-October 29, 1939).
title: An Exhibition of Great Paintings in Aid of the Canadian Red Cross and of Small Pictures by Members of The Ontario Society of Artists
opening date: 1940-11-15T05:00:00
An Exhibition of Great Paintings in Aid of the Canadian Red Cross and of Small Pictures by Members of The Ontario Society of Artists. Art Gallery of Ontario, Ontario M5T 1G4, Canada (organizer) (co-organizer) (November 15-December 15, 1940).
title: The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
opening date: 1941-06-23T04:00:00
The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).
title: Sport in American Art
opening date: 1944-10-10T04:00:00
Sport in American Art. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (organizer) (co-organizer) (October 10-December 10, 1944).
title: George Bellows: Paintings, Drawings, and Prints
opening date: 1946-01-31T05:00:00
George Bellows: Paintings, Drawings, and Prints. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (organizer) (co-organizer) (January 31-March 10, 1946).
title: American Paintings: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present Day
opening date: 1946-06-01T04:00:00
American Paintings: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present Day. Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 1-July 31, 1946).
title: Sport in Art
opening date: 1948-01-24T05:00:00
Sport in Art. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (organizer) (co-organizer) (January 24-February 22, 1948).
title: The Ring and the Glove
opening date: 1948-09-17T04:00:00
The Ring and the Glove. Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA (co-organizer) (September 17-November 14, 1948).
title: Milestones of American Painting in Our Century
opening date: 1949-01-20T05:00:00
Milestones of American Painting in Our Century. Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (March 15-April 15, 1948); Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, CO (May 5-June 25, 1948); The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Boston, MA (organizer) (co-organizer) (January 20-March 1, 1949); Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA (July 10-August 25, 1949); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (September 7-October 16, 1949); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 3-December 18, 1949).
title: Aspects of New York City Life
opening date: 1950-03-01T05:00:00
Aspects of New York City Life. The Century Association (organizer) (co-organizer) (March 1-April 30, 1950).
title: 35th Anniversary Exhibition
opening date: 1951-06-20T04:00:00
35th Anniversary Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).
title: Exhibition of Sporting Art
opening date: 1954-01-13T05:00:00
Exhibition of Sporting Art. The Century Association (organizer) (co-organizer) (January 13-March 28, 1954).
title: Art: The International Language
opening date: 1956-10-02T04:00:00
Art: The International Language. The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 2-November 4, 1956).
title: George Bellows: A Retrospective Exhibition
opening date: 1957-01-19T05:00:00
George Bellows: A Retrospective Exhibition. National Gallery of Art (organizer) (co-organizer) (January 19-February 24, 1957).
title: Paintings by George Bellows
opening date: 1957-03-21T05:00:00
Paintings by George Bellows. Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (March 21-April 21, 1957).
title: Four Centuries of American Art
opening date: 1963-11-27T05:00:00
Four Centuries of American Art. Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN (organizer) (co-organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 19, 1964).
title: 200 Years of American Painting
opening date: 1964-04-01T05:00:00
200 Years of American Painting. Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO (organizer) (co-organizer) (April 1-May 31, 1964).
title: Triumph of Realism: An Exhibition of European and American Realist Paintings 1850-1910
opening date: 1967-10-03T04:00:00
Triumph of Realism: An Exhibition of European and American Realist Paintings 1850-1910. The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (organizer) (co-organizer) (October 3-November 19, 1967).
title: The Painters' America: Rural and Urban Life, 1810-1910
opening date: 1974-09-18T04:00:00
The Painters' America: Rural and Urban Life, 1810-1910. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (organizer) (co-organizer) (September 18-November 10, 1974); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX (December 5, 1974-January 19, 1975); Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA (February 10-March 30, 1975).
title: Heritage and Horizon: American Painting 1776 - 1976
opening date: 1976-03-07T05:00:00
Heritage and Horizon: American Painting 1776 - 1976. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (organizer) (March 7-April 11, 1976); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (May 2-June 13, 1976); The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH (July 4-August 15, 1976); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 8-October 10, 1976).
title: George Wesley Bellows: Paintings, Drawings, and Prints
opening date: 1979-04-01T05:00:00
George Wesley Bellows: Paintings, Drawings, and Prints. Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (April 1-May 8, 1979); Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA (June 29-August 5, 1979); Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA (September 17-October 28, 1979); Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA (November 16-December 28, 1979).
title: Bellows: The Boxing Pictures
opening date: 1982-09-05T04:00:00
Bellows: The Boxing Pictures. National Gallery of Art (organizer) (co-organizer) (September 5, 1982-January 2, 1983).
title: The Paintings of George Bellows
opening date: 1992-02-16T05:00:00
The Paintings of George Bellows. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (February 16-May 10, 1992); Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (October 11, 1992-January 3, 1993); Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX (February 20-May 9, 1993).
title: Metropolitan Lives: The Ashcan Artists and Their New York, 1897-1917
opening date: 1995-11-17T05:00:00
Metropolitan Lives: The Ashcan Artists and Their New York, 1897-1917. National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC (co-organizer) (November 17, 1995-March 17, 1996).
title: The American Century: Art and Culture 1900-2000 (Part 1: 1900-1950)
opening date: 1999-04-22T00:00:00
The American Century: Art and Culture 1900-2000 (Part 1: 1900-1950). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (organizer) (April 22-September 5, 1999).
title: George Bellows (1882-1925)
opening date: 2012-06-10T00:00:00
George Bellows (1882-1925). National Gallery of Art, Landover, MD (organizer) (June 10-October 8, 2012); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (November 13, 2012-February 18, 2013); Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (March 16-June 9, 2013).
title: George Bellows and the American Experience
opening date: 2013-08-23T00:00:00
George Bellows and the American Experience. Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (organizer) (August 23, 2013-January 4, 2014).
title: Stag at Sharkey’s: George Bellows and the Art of Sports
opening date: 2016-05-14T00:00:00
Stag at Sharkey’s: George Bellows and the Art of Sports. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 14-September 18, 2016).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Columbus, The Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, The George Bellows Exhibition (22 January-1 March 1931), see Bulletin of The Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts (January, 1931), vol. 1, no. 1, cat. no. 269, illus. p. I, 15.
Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture (1 June-1 November 1933), illus. cat. no. 434, listed p. 60.
* Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition of The Cleveland Museum of Art; The Official Art Exhibit of The Great Lakes Exposition (26 June-4 October 1936)
* New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York Realists, 1900-1914 (9 February-5 March 1937), cat. no. 8, illus., listed p. 12.
* Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Museum, Art in the United States: Painting, Sculpture, Prints, Crafts (20 June-13 September 1942), illus.
* Buffalo, The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, Sport in Art (24 January-22 February 1948), no. 5.
* Andover, MA, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, The Ring and the Glove (17 September-14 November 1948), see Bellows: The Boxing Pictures p. 76: the exhibition originated at the Museum of the City of New York, Stag was only shown at Addison and did not appear in the catalogue.
* Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art, Milestones of American Painting in Our Century (20 January-1 March 1949); traveled to: Montreal, Art Association of Montreal (15 March-15 April 1949); Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center (5 May-25 June 1949); San Francisco, M. H. de Young Museum (10 July-25 August 1949); Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum (7 September-16 October 1949); Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art (3 November-18 December 1949); cat. no. 3, listed p. 29, pp. 38-39, illus. p. 39.
* Boston, The Institute of Contemporary Art; traveled to: Louisville, J. B. Speed Memorial Gallery; San Francisco, M. H. de Young Musuem; Buffalo, Albright Gallery; Montreal, Art Association of Montreal; Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art; notes that the exhibition toured from 1 January-31 December, but does not give specific dates.
* New York, The Century Association, Aspects of New York City Life (1 March-30 April 1950), listed in catalogue.
* New York, The Century Association, Exhibition of Sporting Art (13 January-28 March 1954), listed in catalogue.
* Columbus, The Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Paintings by George Bellows (21 March-21 April 1957), cat. no. 11, illus. front cover.
* Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Museum, Triumph of Realism: An Exhibition of European and American Realist Paintings 1850-1910 (3 October-19 November 1967), see Bellows: The Boxing Pictures p. 76: not in catalogue and did not go on tour.
* New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, The Painters' America: Rural and Urban Life, 1810-1910 (20 September-10 November 1974); traveled to: Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts (5 December 1974-19 January 1975); Oakland, The Oakland Museum (10 February-30 March 1975), cat. no. 6, illus. p. 132, fig. 154.
* Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Heritage and Horizon: American Painting 1776-1976 (6 March-11 April 1976); traveled to: Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts (5 May-13 June 1976); Toledo, The Toledo Museum of Art (4 July-15 August 1976); Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art (8 September-10 October 1976); cat. no. 38, illus.
* Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Bellows: The Boxing Pictures (5 September-2 January 1983), illus. cat. no. 2, plate 4, also included E. A. Carmean, Jr.'s essay "Bellows: The Boxing Paintings," pp. 27-47, illus. in article p. 32, fig. 28; listed p. 74 with small illus.
* Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Paintings of George Bellows (16 February-10 May 1992); traveled to: New York, Whitney Museum of American Art (5 June-30 August 1992); Columbus, Columbus Museum of Art (11 October 1992-3 January 1993); Fort Worth, Amon Carter Museum (20 February-9 May 1993); illus. figs. 16, 17 in Michael Quick's essay "Technique and Theory: The Evolution of George Bellows' Painting Style," and fig. 9 in Marianne Doezema's "The 'Real' New York;" cat. not numbered.
* Washington, D. C., National Museum of American Art, Metropolitan Lives: The Ashcan Artists and Their New York, 1897-1917 (17 November 1995-17 March 1996), illus. fig. 179, p. 164, also included pp. 46-48, 81-88, 156-158, 163-171, 208-210, 215-217, 220, 223. (Not in CMA library: OCLC 921076645)
* New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, The American Century: Art & Culture 1900-1950 (23 April-22 August 1999)
* The Cleveland Museum of Art (06/21/2005 - 09/11/2005); "CMA Highlights"
* National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (6/10/2012 - 10/8/2012),Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY (11/13/2012 - 2/18/2013), and the Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK (3/16/2013): "George Bellows (1882-1925)", ex. cat. no. 17, p, 82, detail on cover and inside cover. (Not in CMA library: OCLC 801141298)
* Philadelphia, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, The One Hundred and Fifth Annual Exhibition of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (23 January-20 March 1910), cat. no. 323, listed p. 37 as Club Night.
* New York, Galleries 29-31 West Thirty-Fifth St., Exhibition of Independent Artists (1-27 April 1910), cat. no 20 as Club Night.
* New York, Madison Gallery, (early 1911), see Bellows: The Boxing Pictures p. 75.
* Syracuse, Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, Summer Exhibition of Paintings by American Artists (10 May-1 October 1911), no. 1 as Club Night; see Bulletin of Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts (October, 1911.
* Chicago, Marshall Filed (1911), see Bellows: The Boxing Pictures p. 75.
* Curtis Studios (1911), see Bellows: The Boxing Pictures p. 75.
* Cedar Rapids, IA, The Cedar Rapids Art Association, Art Gallery, Public Library, Iowa, Fifth Annual Art Exhibition (5-14 February 1913), no. 2.
* Rochester, NY, Rochester Industrial Exposition (7-19 September 1914), no. 6 as Club Night; see Bellows: The Boxing Pictures p. 75.
* Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings by George Bellows (10 December 1914-3 January 1915), no. 16 as Club Night; see Bulletin of The Art Institute of Chicago (1 January 1915), vol. IX, no. 1, p. 2-4, 8.
* Detroit, Detroit Museum of Art, Exhibition of Paintings by George Bellows (6-29 January 1915), no. 16 as Club Night; see Bulletin of The Detroit Museum of Art (January, 1915), vol. IX, no. 1, pp. 2, 4.
* Los Angeles, Los Angeles Museum of History, Science, and Art, Paintings by George Bellows (7-28 February 1915), no. 16 as Club Night.
* Minneapolis, The Minneapolis Institute of Art, Paintings by Lester D. Boronda; Paintings by George Bellows (4-31 May 1915), no. 37 as Club Night; see Bulletin of The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (May, 1915), vol. IV, no. 5, p. 46.
* Muskegon, MI, Hackley Art Gallery, Exhibition of Oil Paintings by George Bellows (9 June-August 1915), as Club Night.
* Worcester, MA, Worcester Art Museum, Exhibition of Paintings by George Bellows, New York City (5-26 September 1915), no. 13 as Club Night.
* Cincinnati, Cincinnati Art Museum, Special Exhibition of Paintings by Mr. George Bellows (October, 1915), no. 4 as Club Night.
* New York, Sponsored by The Junior Art Patrons of America, Fine Arts Building, First Retrospective Exhibition of American Art (7-21 May 1921), cat. no. 10, listed p. 13, not illus.
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PROVENANCE
(Marie Sterner, New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: By 1922
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