id: 115839 accession number: 1936.553 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1936.553 updated: 2024-03-26 01:57:29.886000 Bathing Beach, 1921. George Bellows (American, 1882–1925). Lithograph; platemark: 21.3 x 17.8 cm (8 3/8 x 7 in.); mounted: 35.4 x 27.6 cm (13 15/16 x 10 7/8 in.); sheet: 29.2 x 22.7 cm (11 1/2 x 8 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1936.553 title: Bathing Beach title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1921 creation date earliest: 1921 creation date latest: 1921 current location: creditline: Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. copyright: --- culture: America, 20th century technique: lithograph department: Prints collection: PR - Lithograph type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Mason 86 --- 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: Platemark: 21.3 x 17.8 cm (8 3/8 x 7 in.); Mounted: 35.4 x 27.6 cm (13 15/16 x 10 7/8 in.); Sheet: 29.2 x 22.7 cm (11 1/2 x 8 15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: In graphite, lower left, recto: "Sea Shore" translation: remark: inscription: In graphite, lower right, recto: "Geo Bellows" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS 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: 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES