id: 115111 accession number: 1935.266 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1935.266 updated: 2025-01-13 13:01:42.689000 The Shower-bath, 1917. George Bellows (American, 1882–1925). Lithograph; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr. 1935.266 title: The Shower-bath title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1917 creation date earliest: 1917 creation date latest: 1917 current location: creditline: Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr. copyright: --- culture: America technique: lithograph department: Prints collection: PR - Lithograph type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Mason 45 --- 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. --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Humor in Prints opening date: 1934-09-13T04:00:00 Humor in Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 13-October 28, 1934). title: Prints, 1800-1945 opening date: 1966-03-23T05:00:00 Prints, 1800-1945. Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN (organizer) (March 23-September 26, 1966). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES