id: 127810
accession number: 1950.453
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Seated Female Nude (Emma Story Bellows), after 1910. George Bellows (American, 1882–1925). Black lithographic crayon with traces of stylus (above head); sheet: 25.4 x 24.6 cm (10 x 9 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1950.453
title: Seated Female Nude (Emma Story Bellows)
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creation date: after 1910
creation date earliest: 1910
creation date latest: 1920
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creditline: Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
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culture: America, 20th century
technique: black lithographic crayon with traces of stylus (above head)
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 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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measurements: Sheet: 25.4 x 24.6 cm (10 x 9 11/16 in.)
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description: cream(3) wove paper
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inscription: signed, lower right, in graphite: George Bellows / E. S. B.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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: 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).
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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'}
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