Prayer meeting, no. 1

Prayer meeting, no. 1

Item Information

Title:
Prayer meeting, no. 1
Description:
While summering in Maine the artist had witnessed a religious service in a small rural meeting house. The stalwart preacher, the prim pianist, and the provincial congregants listen while a true believer gives testimony. Consequently, a satire was recorded in the artist's memory, sketched, and eventually worked onto two lithographic stones. (Mason)
Artist:
Bellows, George, 1882-1925
Name on Item:
Geo Bellows ESB
Date:
[1914]
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Genre:
Ink drawings
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
George Bellows (1882-1925). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Prayer
Religious services
Extent:
1 drawing : pen and ink on light weight cream wove paper ; sheet 14 x 17 cm
Permalink:
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Notes:
Title from material accompanying item.
Study for the lithograph titled, "Prayer meeting, first stone" (Mason: M. 13; Bellows: B. 38).
Additional information accompanying item: Signed by Mrs. Bellows. Signed in ink in lower left corner "Geo. Bellows E.S.B."
Study for drawing "Deponent Testifies That He Is No Longer a Sinner," published in Harper's Weekly, January 3, 1914. The published drawing was the source for the lithograph, "Prayer Meeting, First Stone."
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Emma S. Bellows; June 1943
Notes (date):
Date supplied by cataloger.
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 #:
1943.2.7
Identifier:
06_05_000005
Barcode:
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