Self-portrait

Self-portrait

Item Information

Title:
Self-portrait
Description:
Bellows portrayed himself drawing directly on a stone. It was his only self-portrait, in any medium. He did not do a reversed version; he must have found the mirror-image of the mirror-image satisfying. "Self-Portrait" is one of the many personal and revealing images that Bellows composed on the lithographic stone and not on canvas. A thoughtfully studied list of his lithographs would show scenes of his childhood, his family, his friends--would even communicate Bellows' humor and innermost convictions--the autobiography that he never wrote. (Mason)
Artist:
Bellows, George, 1882-1925
Name on Item:
Geo Bellows E.S.B.
Date:
1921
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Lithographs
Portrait prints
Self-portraits
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
George Bellows (1882-1925). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Artists
Bellows, George, 1882-1925
Extent:
1 print : lithograph ; sheet 31 x 26 cm
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No known copyright restrictions.
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Notes:
Title from Mason catalogue raisonné.
Mason: M. 114; Bellows: B. 194
Additional information accompanying item: Signed "GB" in lower left corner. Also signed in pencil "Geo Bellows E.S.B."
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Albert Henry Wiggin
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 #:
1941.1.196
Identifier:
06_05_000068
W. 2859 (no longer used)
Barcode:
36666003813926