1965.105: Study for "Mrs. T. in Wine Silk"

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1965.105

People

George Wesley Bellows, American (Columbus, OH 1882 - 1925 New York, NY)

Title

Study for "Mrs. T. in Wine Silk"

Other Titles

Former Title: Portrait Sketch of Mrs. T.

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1919

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/308741

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black crayon on gray wove paper

Dimensions

37.9 x 26 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: black crayon, l.r.: Geo Bellows
• inscription: verso, graphite, in artist's hand: Sketch for Portrait of Mrs. T. / GB

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Frederick Keppel & Co., Inc., New York, New York], sold; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts (L. 2091) by 1929, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs

Accession Year

1965

Object Number

1965.105

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• [Reproduction only], Art News, (May 28, 1932)., p. 11
• Peyton Boswell, George Bellows, Crown Publishers Inc. (New York, NY, 1942), reproduced, p. 52
• George Bellows: Paintings, Drawings and Prints, exh. cat., The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, IL, 1946), no. 83, reproduced p. 81
• The Drawings of George Bellows, Borden Publishing Company (Alhambra, CA, 1973), reproduced in b/w (no pagination)
• Marvin Sadik and Harold Pfister, American Portrait Drawings, exh. cat., National Portrait Gallery (Washington, D.C, 1980), p. 124, p. 127, ill.
• The Paintings of George Bellows, exh. cat., Amon Carter Museum (Fort Worth, TX, 1992), p. 211
• Cedarhurst: The Mitchell Museum and Its Collection, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts (Mt. Vernon, Illinois, 2008), under cat. no. 17, fig. 2 (p. 94)

Exhibition History

• Technique exhibit, Fitchburg Art Association, Fitchburg, 01/01/1932 - 12/31/1932
• American Pavilion, Venice Bienniale, 1932, Venice Bienniale, 1932, Venice, 06/01/1932 - 06/30/1932
• Exhibition of the Work of George Bellows, Fitchburg Art Association, Fitchburg, 02/24/1938 - 06/01/1938
• George Bellows: Paintings, Drawings and Prints, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 01/31/1946 - 03/10/1946
• Drawings from the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University (Collected by Paul J. Sachs), Century Club, New York, 05/12/1947 - 09/25/1947
• George Bellows: A Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 01/19/1957 - 02/24/1957; Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, 03/24/1957 - 04/14/1957; Speed Art Museum, Louisville, 05/01/1957 - 05/22/1957; Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, San Diego, 07/10/1957 - 07/31/1957; Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum & Planetarium, San Jose, 08/15/1957 - 09/08/1957; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, 09/22/1957 - 10/13/1957; Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, 10/22/1957 - 11/17/1957; Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, 12/01/1957 - 12/29/1957; Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, 01/12/1958 - 02/09/1958; Miami Beach Art Center, Miami Beach, 02/23/1958 - 03/16/1958; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 04/01/1958 - 04/22/1958; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 06/08/1958 - 06/30/1958; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, 07/15/1958 - 09/15/1958; Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, 10/01/1958 - 10/22/1958
• American Portrait Drawings, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, 05/01/1980 - 07/31/1980

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