"The Strugglers"

"The Strugglers"

Item Information

Title:
"The Strugglers"
Title (alt.):
Solitude
Description:
Central Park on a summer night. (Bellows) / Central Park on a Spring night. Love genuine and make believe. -GB Bellows illustrated lovers in Central Park in a variety of poses and moods. In his description he indicates that the love may or may not be genuine. (Mason)
Artist:
Bellows, George, 1882-1925
Name on Item:
Geo Bellows
Date:
1913
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Genre:
Crayon drawings
Ink drawings
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
George Bellows (1882-1925). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Parks
Couples
Love
Night
Places:
New York > New York > Manhattan > Central Park
Extent:
1 drawing : crayon, wash, scratchwork, and collage on paper ; sheet 71 x 59 cm
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Notes:
Title from item.
Alternative title from material accompanying item.
Study for the lithograph titled, "Solitude" (Mason: M. 37; Bellows: B. 61).
Additional information accompanying item: Signed along bottom edge of image at center, in black crayon "Geo Bellows." Titled in lower right corner of page, in black crayon "The Strugglers."
Handwritten on item: Don't throw out!
A drawing similar to the lithograph, but reversed, appeared in "The Masses," September 1913. (Mason)
Notes (acquisition):
Sold by H.V. Allison Galleries to Albert H. Wiggin, June 1943. Gifted to the Boston Public Library.
Notes (date):
Date from Mason catalogue raisonné.
Notes (citation):
Mason, Lauris. "The lithographs of George Bellows : a catalogue raisonné." KTO Press, 1977, Millwood, N.Y.
Bellows, Emma. "George W. Bellows : his lithographs." A. A. Knopf, 1927, New York.
Accession #:
1943.1.25
Identifier:
06_05_000004
Barcode:
36666003814585