Electrocution, second state

Electrocution, second state

Item Information

Title:
Electrocution, second state
Title (alt.):
Electrocution, large
Description:
A study of one of the most horrible phenomenon of modem society. -GB Donald Braider has suggested that this strong statement of protest was inspired by the events following the anarchist bombings of a Preparedness Day parade in San Francisco in 1916. (Mason)
Artist:
Bellows, George, 1882-1925
Name on Item:
Geo Bellows
Date:
1917
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Lithographs
Studies (Visual works)
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
George Bellows (1882-1925). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Executions
Electric chairs
Extent:
1 print : lithograph ; sheet 26 x 26 cm
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Notes:
Title from Mason catalogue raisonné.
Alternative title from Bellows catalogue raisonné.
Mason: M. 42; Bellows: B. 54
Additional information accompanying item: In pencil in lower margin "No. 41" on left. "Geo. Bellows" on right.
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Albert H. 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.
Notes (object):
Second state.
"Electrocution, Second State" was printed from the center part of the stone used for "Electrocution, First State." The reduction was made by stopping out the side portions of the image on the stone. Emma Bellows reversed the designation of small and large for the two states of "Electrocution" in the first edition of her catalogue, an error that she corrected in the second edition.
Accession #:
1941.1.42
Identifier:
06_05_000100
Barcode:
36666003813074