id: 116959 accession number: 1937.512 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1937.512 updated: 2024-03-26 01:57:32.463000 The Hag and the Young Man, probably 1922. George Bellows (American, 1882–1925). Black lithographic crayon (rubbed in sky); image: 45.6 x 36.8 cm (17 15/16 x 14 1/2 in.); sheet: 58.6 x 54 cm (23 1/16 x 21 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1937.512 title: The Hag and the Young Man title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: probably 1922 creation date earliest: 1917 creation date latest: 1927 current location: creditline: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund copyright: --- culture: America, 20th century technique: black lithographic crayon (rubbed in sky) department: Drawings collection: DR - American 20th Century type: Drawing find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- 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: Image: 45.6 x 36.8 cm (17 15/16 x 14 1/2 in.); Sheet: 58.6 x 54 cm (23 1/16 x 21 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: description: beige(1) board (discolored) watermarks: inscriptions: inscription: signed, lower center, in black crayon: Geo Bellows translation: remark: inscription: lower center, in graphite: THE HAG AND THE YOUNG MAN translation: remark: inscription: lower center, in graphite: -5- / 85 screen H.L. translation: remark: inscription: recto upper right, in green pencil: Box 39-39 [sideways] translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Watercolors and Drawings form the Museum Collection opening date: 1939-02-07T05:00:00 Watercolors and Drawings form the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-28, 1939). title: Drawings from the Museum Collection opening date: 1940-07-11T04:00:00 Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 11-October 3, 1940). title: The Silver Jubilee Exhibition opening date: 1941-06-23T04:00:00 The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941). title: American Drawings: 1900-1930 opening date: 1982-09-07T04:00:00 American Drawings: 1900-1930. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 7-October 31, 1982). title: From Block Books to Baskin: Artists as Illustrators opening date: 1986-05-13T04:00:00 From Block Books to Baskin: Artists as Illustrators. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 13-August 17, 1986). title: American Drawings from the Permanent Collection opening date: 1998-04-19T00:00:00 American Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 4/19/98 - 7/12/98. "American Drawings from the Permanent Collection."', 'opening_date': '1998-04-19T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Frank K.M. Rehn, New York, NY date: ?-1937 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: December 20, 1937 footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Holland, J. G., and Richard Watson Gilder. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. New York: Scribner & Co.; The Century Co, 1870. page number: vol. 23-110, May 1922, p. 96 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1937.512/1937.512_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1937.512/1937.512_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1937.512/1937.512_full.tif