The dead-line

The dead-line

Item Information

Title:
The dead-line
Title (alt.):
The dead line
The deadline
Description:
A news report of yet another coal mine disaster inspired this tableau. At the top of a mine shaft, grief stricken families wait for their worst fears to be confirmed. (Mason)
Artist:
Bellows, George, 1882-1925
Name on Item:
Geo Bellows
Date:
[1923]
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Genre:
Crayon drawings
Ink drawings
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
George Bellows (1882-1925). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Disasters
Coal mining
Families
Places:
Pennsylvania > Washington (county) > Finleyville
Extent:
1 drawing : crayon, pen, and ink on paper ; sheet 35 x 32 cm
Permalink:
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Notes:
Title and alternative titles from material accompanying item.
Study for the lithograph of the same title (Mason: M. 148; Bellows: B. 15).
Additional information accompanying item: Signed in pencil in lower right corner "Geo. Bellows."
Based on the photograph "Miner's Families at the Cincinnati Mine Entrance, after the April 28, 1913, Explosion."
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.
Notes (object):
A mended tear 2.5 inches long from lower edge at left.
Accession #:
1943.1.8
Identifier:
06_05_000046
Barcode:
36666003813942