Dempsey through the ropes

Dempsey through the ropes

Item Information

Title:
Dempsey through the ropes
Description:
Another treatment of the Dempsey-Firpo championship fight held at night, Polo Grounds, New York. (Bellows) / This second version of the Dempsey-Firpo championship fight is a reduced and simplified composition. The confusion of ropes on the left side is partially eliminated, and the figure on the right side is somewhat cut off. The artist was commissioned by the New York "Evening Journal" to make a drawing of the fight...One of Bellows' final paintings was "Dempsey and Firpo"...based on the drawing and lithographs of what the artist considered to have been the most exciting and dramatic fight of his experience. (Mason)
Artist:
Bellows, George, 1882-1925
Printer:
Brown, Bolton, 1864-1936
Name on Item:
Geo Bellows ; Bolton Brown - imp.
Date:
1923–1924
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Lithographs
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
George Bellows (1882-1925). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Boxing
Boxers (Sports)
Sports spectators
Dempsey, Jack, 1895-1983
Firpo, Luis, 1885-1950
Places:
New York > New York > Manhattan
Polo Grounds (historical)
Extent:
1 print : lithograph ; sheet 58 x 52 cm
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from Mason catalogue raisonné.
Mason: M. 182; Bellows: B. 90
Additional information accompanying item: In pencil "Bolton Brown imp," "Geo Bellows."
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.
Accession #:
1941.1.40
Identifier:
06_05_000233
W. 2859 (no longer used)
Barcode:
36666003814403