Dempsey and Firpo / George Wesley Bellows

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Dempsey and Firpo

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Art Item Information

©Gilcrease Museum

Title(s):

Dempsey and Firpo

Creator(s):

George Wesley Bellows (Artist)

Culture:

American

Date:

1924

Materials/Techniques:

lithograph on paper

Classification:

Prints

Object Type:

Lithograph

Credit Line:

Gift of the Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, 1964

Accession No:

14.466

Previous Number(s):

1427.466; 39528

Department:

Art

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 16 39/64in. (42.2cm)
Width: 22 19/32in. (57.4cm)

Image:

Height: 12 19/32in. (32.0cm)
Width: 18 45/64in. (47.5cm)

Mat:

Height: 27 9/16in. (70.0cm)
Width: 39 37/100in. (100.0cm)

About the Creator(s)

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

George Wesley Bellows

Role(s):

Artist

From Getty's Union List of Artist Names:

Names (all):

Bellows, George

Birth Date:

1882

Death Date:

1925

Nationalities:

American (North American)

Roles:

American painter and lithographer, 1882-1925

Gender:

male

Note:

American painter and lithographer, he studied with Robert Henri at the New York School of Art, directed by William Merrit Chase. He initially resided at the YMCA of 57th Street, and the urban landscape of New York and its inhabitants were the main subjects of his works. He is probably best known for his gritty images of prizefighters in the ring, painted in a tonal palette with broad brushstrokes, evoking the tawdry underworld of prizefighting clubs at the turn of the century. Bellows was associated with the Ashcan School of painting and helped organize the Armory Show of 1913. American painter.

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