id:			127807
accession number:	1950.450
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.450
updated:		2024-08-10 14:47:52.964000

Figures on the Beach, c. 1900–1925. George Bellows (American, 1882–1925). Black crayon and ink with pencil; sheet: 49.5 x 47.2 cm (19 1/2 x 18 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr. 1950.450

title:				Figures on the Beach
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creation date:			c. 1900–1925
creation date earliest:		1895
creation date latest:		1925
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creditline:			Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr.
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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	black crayon and ink with pencil
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - American 20th Century
type:		Drawing
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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: 49.5 x 47.2 cm (19 1/2 x 18 9/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed in pencil at lower right: "Geo Bellows E.S.B."
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		American Drawings: 1900-1930
	opening date:   1982-09-07T04:00:00
	<i>American Drawings: 1900-1930</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 7-October 31, 1982).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. [1889-1957], Cleveland, OH
	date: ?-1950
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: December 28, 1950
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