id:			115925
accession number:	1936.630
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1936.630
updated:		2023-12-08 21:47:54.663000

Business Men's Class, 1916. George Bellows (American, 1882–1925). Lithograph; sheet: 54.1 x 70 cm (21 5/16 x 27 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1936.630

title:				Business Men's Class
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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 20

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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: Sheet: 54.1 x 70 cm (21 5/16 x 27 9/16 in.)
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	inscription:	In graphite, center, recto: "Business Men's Class"
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	inscription:	In graphite, lower left, recto: "No 28"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Humor in Prints
	opening date:   1934-09-13T04:00:00
	<i>Humor in Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 13-October 28, 1934).

	title:		Stag at Sharkey’s: George Bellows and the Art of Sports
	opening date:   2016-05-14T00:00:00
	<i>Stag at Sharkey’s: George Bellows and the Art of Sports</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 14-September 18, 2016).

	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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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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