Girl sewing

Girl sewing

Item Information

Title:
Girl sewing
Description:
The artist's wife. (Bellows) / "Girl Sewing" is a study of Emma Bellows. In this composition...,Emma is the patient model, rather than the elegant personalized subject of some of the other portraits. (Mason)
Artist:
Bellows, George, 1882-1925
Name on Item:
Geo. Bellows E.S.B.
Date:
[1923]
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Genre:
Crayon drawings
Portrait drawings
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
George Bellows (1882-1925). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Spouses
Sewing
Extent:
1 drawing : crayon on lightweight wove paper ; sheet 32 x 26 cm
Permalink:
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Notes:
Title from material accompanying item.
Study for the lithograph of the same title (Mason: M. 139; Bellows: B. 180).
Additional information accompanying item: Signed by Mrs. Bellows. Signed "Geo. Bellows E.S.B." in lower [left]. This is the artist's wife, Emma.
Notes (acquisition):
Sold by H.V. Allison Galleries to Albert H. Wiggin, June 1943. Gifted to the Boston Public Library.
Notes (date):
Date supplied by cataloger based on date of corresponding print.
This date is inferred.
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 #:
1943.1.9
Identifier:
06_05_000040
Barcode:
36666003813967