George Bellows: Checklist
The Powerful Hand of George Bellows: Drawings from the Boston Public Library
April 10 through June 1, 2008
Exhibition Checklist
This exhibition was organized by the Trust for Museum Exhibitions, Washington, D.C. in collaboration with the Boston Public Library.
Objects 1 through 57 are all from the Wiggin Collection of the Boston Public Library (included in all exhibition venues)
1. Dogs, Early Morning (Hungry Dogs), February 1907
graphite, pen and ink and crayon on paper
13 1/2 x 9 7/8 inches
2. Splinter Beach, February 1912
crayon, graphite, pen and ink wash on paper
16 3/4 x 22 3/4 inches
3. Business Men’s Class, April 1913
monoprint with graphite, crayon, pen and ink,
and scratchwork on the print and the mount
15 13/16 x 25 1/8 inches
4. Business-Men’s Class, 1916
lithograph
11 5/8 x 17 1/8 inches
5. The Strugglers (Solitude), June 1913
crayon, pen and ink, brush and inkwash on board
22 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches
6. Prayer Meeting (Prayer Meeting No. 1), Summer-Fall 1913
pen and ink on paper
5 1/16 x 6 5/8 inches
7. Prayer Meeting, First Stone, 1916
lithograph
18 x 21 3/4 inches
8. Night at Petitpas (Artists’ Evening, Petitpas), February 1914
crayon and graphite on paper, mounted on board
8 9/16 x 12 1/2 inches
9. Pinched (The Street), March–April 1914
crayon, graphite, and pen and ink on board
20 x 15 3/8 inches
10. Matinicus, Fall 1916
crayon on paper
6 5/8 x 9 inches
11. Billy Sunday and the Sawdust Trail (The Sawdust Trail), March 1915
crayon, pen and ink, brush and ink wash on board
26 9/16 x 19 15/16 inches
12. Preaching (Billy Sunday), March 1915
crayon, pen and ink, brush and ink,
wash on board
14 13/16 x 28 5/16 inches
13. Standing Nude Bending Forward (Standing Nude), Winter 1916
crayon on paper
13 7/16 x 11 1/4 inches
14. Standing Nude Bending Forward, 1916
lithograph
12 3/4 x 10 1/8 inches
15. The Old Rascal, Winter 1916
crayon, pen and ink on paper
9 3/16 x 7 1/2 inches
16. Preliminaries (Preliminaries to the Big Bout), Spring 1916
crayon, ink and brush on paper
17 22 3/4 inches
17. Preliminaries to the Big Bout, 1916
lithograph
15 3/4 x 19 1/2 inches
18. Well at Quevado, Fall 1917
graphite, crayon, pen and ink, ink wash,
and brush on board
10 x 15 5/8 inches
19. Four Figures in a Room (Two Girls), Winter 1917
graphite on paper
4 15/16 x 6 1/8 inches
20. Two Girls, 1917
lithograph
7 5/8 x 8 7/8 inches
21. A Knock Down, circa 1917–1921
crayon on paper
15 x 19 3/16 inches
22. The White Hope, 1921
lithograph
14 1/2 x 18 3/4 inches
23. Base Hospital, 1916–1918
crayon on board
11 ½ x 9 ¼ inches
24. The Last Victim, Spring–Winter 1918
graphite, crayon, brush and ink wash on board
19 x 23 11/16 inches
25. Return of the Useless, Spring–Winter 1918
graphite, crayon and black ink on board
19 3/4 x 12 11/16 inches
26. The Barricade, Spring-Winter 1918
crayon on board
17 3/16 x 28 7/8 inches
27. Doves and Figures, Fall 1918
crayon on ragboard
19 9/16 x 15 1/2 inches
28. Hail to Peace, Christmas, 1918, 1919
lithograph
4 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches
29. The Beach and Girl on Beach (on the reverse Study for Legs of the Sea), June 1919
graphite on paper
6 5/8 x 8 1/8 inches
30. The Beach (Legs of the Sea), June 1919
crayon on paper
14 1/4 x 20 11/16 inches
31. Legs of the Sea, 1921
lithograph
8 1/2 x 10 5/8 inches
32. Study for Bathing Beach, Summer 1918 or 1919
crayon on paper
10 3/8 x 7 7/8 inches
33. Study for Bathing Beach (Girl on Sand), Summer 1918 or 1919
crayon on paper
8 x 10 5/8 inches
34. Bathing Beach, 1921
lithograph
8 3/8 x 7 inches
35. Study for Indooor Athlete No. 1, Winter 1917–Winter 1921
graphite on paper
7 7/8 x 7 1/16 inches
36. Indoor Athlete, No. 1, 1921
lithograph
6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches
37. Study for Indoor Athlete No. 2, Winter 1917–Winter 1921
crayon or graphite on paper
6 5/46 x 5 3/4 inches
38. Parade Forms on the Right (Spring, Central Park), 1921
crayon on paper
18 3/8 x 16 11/16 inches
39. Introducing Georges Carpentier, July 1921
crayon on paper
19 x 25 1/4 inches
40. Elsie, Figure, 1921
crayon on brown paper
11 11/16 x 5 7/8 inches
41. Elsie, 1921
crayon on paper
14 1/8 x 10 1/2 inches
42. Elsie, Emma and Marjorie, No. 1, 1921
lithograph
9 5/8 x 12 1/4 inches
43. Punchinello,
January and February 1922
crayon on paper
9 11/16 x 6 inches
44. Punchinello in the House of Death, January and February 1922
graphite, in and brush on board
16 1/2 x 19 5/8 inches
45. Punchinello in the House of Death, 1923
lithograph
16 x 19 3/8 inches
46. Study for The Irish Fair, January and February 1922
crayon on paper
9 3/4 x 5 7/16 inches
47. The Irish Fair, 1923
lithograph
18 7/8 x 21 3/8 inches
48. Builders, Winter 1922
crayon on paper
12 3/8 x 10 1/8 inches
49. The Battle, Winter 1922–Spring 1923
crayon on board
24 1/2 x 20 inches
50. The Return to Life, Winter 1922–Spring 1923
crayon, chalk, ink wash and brush on paper
12 3/4 x 10 1/16 inches
51. The Law Is Too Slow, Winter 1922–1923
crayon on board
21 1/8 x 16 15/16 inches
52. The Law Is Too Slow, 1923
lithograph
17 7/8 x 14 1/2 inches
53. Girl Sewing, circa Winter 1923
crayon on paper
12 1/2 x 10 1/8 inches
54. Sixteen East Gay Street, Summer 1923
crayon on paper
9 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches
55. The Appeal to the People, Summer–Fall 1923
graphite, crayon and chalk on paper
14 1/8 x 18 3/8 inches
56. The Dead Line, circa 1923
crayon, pen and ink on paper
12 x 10 7/8 inches
57. Energizing the Broken (Salvation Army), June 1924
crayon, ink wash and brush, opaque watercolor
and brush on paper
17 15/16 x 17 7/8 inches
Additional paintings (Portland venue only)
58. An Island in the Sea, 1911
oil on canvas
34 1/4 x 44 3/8
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio. Gift of Howard B. Monett, 1952.025
59. Riverfront No. 1, 1915
oil on canvas
45 3/8 x 63 1/8
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio. Museum purchase, Howald Fund, 1951.011
60. Matinicus, 1916
oil on canvas
32 x 40
Bequest of Elizabeth B. Noyce, 1996.38.1
61. Two Women, October 1924
oil on canvas
57 x 60
Lent by Karl Jaeger, Tamara Jaeger, and Karena Jaeger, 26.2004
62. The Picket Fence, December 1924
oil on canvas
26 x 38 1/4
Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey L. Waddell (Catherine Hughes, CLass of 1920), 1964.22
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