id:			115898
accession number:	1936.606
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1936.606
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:30.175000

In an Elevator, 1916. George Bellows (American, 1882–1925). Lithograph; platemark: 25.3 x 20.3 cm (9 15/16 x 8 in.); sheet: 32.8 x 26.9 cm (12 15/16 x 10 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1936.606

title:				In an Elevator
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creation date:			1916
creation date earliest:		1916
creation date latest:		1916
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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 32

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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 <em>Stag at Sharkey’s.</em> 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: Platemark: 25.3 x 20.3 cm (9 15/16 x 8 in.); Sheet: 32.8 x 26.9 cm (12 15/16 x 10 9/16 in.)
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	inscription:	In graphite, lower left, recto: "No 52"
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	inscription:	In graphite, center, recto: "In an Elevator"
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	inscription:	In graphite, lower right, recto: "Geo Bellows"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Ashcan School Prints and the American City, 1900-1940
	opening date:   2021-07-18T04:00:00
	<i>Ashcan School Prints and the American City, 1900-1940</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 18-December 26, 2021).

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