The actress

The actress

Item Information

Title:
The actress
Title (alt.):
Lady of 1860, the actress
Description:
Bellows lived in close proximity to aspiring young actors and actresses during his first years in New York. After their marriage, Emma and George Bellows were enthusiastic patrons of opera and theater, both of which were easily accessible from their home near Gramercy Park. When Everett Shinn, a member of the group of artists later to be known as "The Eight," organized a theater in his backyard on Waverly Place, the Bellowses were active participants in designing sets and arranging music for Shinn's parodies popular melodramas of the day. The actress portrayed in this lithograph may well have been a character in the play "Abraham Lincoln" by John Drinkwater, which opened in New York in 1919 and had a long and successful run. The action took place in 1860. (Mason)
Artist:
Bellows, George, 1882-1925
Printer:
Brown, Bolton, 1864-1936
Name on Item:
Geo Bellows ; Bolton Brown, imp.
Date:
1923–1924
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Lithographs
Portrait prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
George Bellows (1882-1925). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Actresses
Extent:
1 print : lithograph ; sheet 40 x 34 cm
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Terms of Use:
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Notes:
Title from Mason catalogue raisonné.
Alternative title from Bellows catalogue raisonné.
Mason: M. 178; Bellows: B. 102
Additional information accompanying item: Signed "GB" in lower left corner. Also in pencil "Bolton Brown imp," "Geo Bellows."
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Albert H. 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 #:
1941.1.90
Identifier:
06_05_000217
Barcode:
36666003815327