DETAILS
- Artist
- George Bellows
- Date
- 1895
- Medium
- black crayon and ink with pencil
- Location
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- [object Object]
- Collection
- Drawings
- Culture
- America
- Credit line
- Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr.
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THE ARTIST
George Bellows
George Bellows captured the raw energy of early 20th-century New York, from gritty boxing matches to snowy cityscapes, becoming the most acclaimed American artist of his generation.
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