Married couple

Married couple

Item Information

Title:
Married couple
Description:
A satire. (Bellows) / The pose in "Married Couple" is formal. The older man is drawn in dark tones, while in contrast, his young wife, standing slightly behind him, appears in radiant white. A satire on their circumstance, "Married Couple" shows none of the warmth of "Auntie Mason and Her Husband" (M. 180), or "In the Subway" (M. 88). (Mason)
Artist:
Bellows, George, 1882-1925
Printer:
Brown, Bolton, 1864-1936
Name on Item:
Geo Bellows ; Bolton Brown, imp.
Date:
1923
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Lithographs
Satires (Visual works)
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
George Bellows (1882-1925). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Marriage
Spouses
Extent:
1 print : lithograph ; sheet 32 x 24 cm
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Terms of Use:
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Notes:
Title from Mason catalogue raisonné.
Mason: M. 141; Bellows: B. 179
Additional information accompanying item: Signed "GB" in lower left corner of lithograph. Also signed in pencil on the right, "Bolton Brown imp" on the left.
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Albert Henry 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 #:
1941.1.105
Identifier:
06_05_000174
W. 2859 (no longer used)
Barcode:
36666003813843