id: 127763
accession number: 1950.406
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.406
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The Black Hat, 1921. George Bellows (American, 1882–1925). Lithograph; The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken 1950.406
title: The Black Hat
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creation date: 1921
creation date earliest: 1921
creation date latest: 1921
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creditline: The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken
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culture: America, 20th century
technique: lithograph
department: Prints
collection: PR - Lithograph
type: Print
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catalogue raisonne: Mason 113
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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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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: A Golden Age of American Printmaking
opening date: 1982-01-12T05:00:00
A Golden Age of American Printmaking. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 12-April 11, 1982).
title: Paper: The Continuous Thread
opening date: 1982-08-31T04:00:00
Paper: The Continuous Thread. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 31-October 24, 1982).
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