id: 115840
accession number: 1936.554
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1936.554
updated: 2023-03-07 15:13:20.211000
Old Billiard Player, 1921. George Bellows (American, 1882–1925). Lithograph; image: 22.9 x 18.9 cm (9 x 7 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1936.554
title: Old Billiard Player
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creation date: 1921
creation date earliest: 1921
creation date latest: 1921
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creditline: Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
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culture: America, 20th century
technique: lithograph
department: Prints
collection: PR - Lithograph
type: Print
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catalogue raisonne: Mason 84
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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: Image: 22.9 x 18.9 cm (9 x 7 7/16 in.)
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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: George Bellows Prints: Centennial Exhibition
opening date: 1982-09-07T04:00:00
George Bellows Prints: Centennial Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 7-October 31, 1982).
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 (organizer) (May 14-September 18, 2016).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* The Cleveland Museum of Art, OH (05/14/2016-09/18/2016): “Stag at Sharkey’s: George Bellows and the Art of Sports”
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PROVENANCE
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An avid billiards fan, Bellows enjoyed playing matches among a circle of close friends that included his valued colleague and former painting instructor Robert Henri. Despite the careful characterization of the titular figure in this print, his identity remains unknown.
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