id:			127809
accession number:	1950.452
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.452
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:16.385000

Seated Boy, c. 1914. George Bellows (American, 1882–1925). Black crayon; sheet: 25.4 x 20.5 cm (10 x 8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1950.452

title:				Seated Boy
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creation date:			c. 1914
creation date earliest:		1909
creation date latest:		1919
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creditline:			Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
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culture:	America
technique:	black crayon
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: 25.4 x 20.5 cm (10 x 8 1/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed in pencil, lower right: "Geo Bellows (signed)/raft"
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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).

	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

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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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