Legs of the sea

Legs of the sea

Item Information

Title:
Legs of the sea
Description:
Third Beach, Newport, Rhode Island. (Bellows) / The scene of "Legs of the Sea" is Third Beach in Newport, Rhode Island. (Mason)
Artist:
Bellows, George, 1882-1925
Name on Item:
Geo Bellows
Date:
1920–1921
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Genre:
Crayon drawings
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
George Bellows (1882-1925). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Beaches
Swimmers
Sunbathing
Places:
Rhode Island > Newport (county) > Newport
Third Beach
Extent:
1 drawing : crayon on paper ; sheet 40 x 56 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/7d279v71x
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Notes:
Title from item.
Study for the lithograph of the same title (Mason: M. 85; Bellows: B. 131).
Additional information accompanying item: Signed. Executed in 1920 or '21. In the resulting litho, figures have been added to center.
Notes (acquisition):
Sold by H.V. Allison Galleries to Albert H. Wiggin, June 1943. Gifted to the Boston Public Library.
Notes (date):
Date from material accompanying item.
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 #:
1943.1.14
Identifier:
06_05_000023
Barcode:
36666003814106