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George Bellows 1882-1925
Description
- George Bellows
- Approach of Rain
- signed Geo Bellows, l.l.; also signed Geo Bellows, dated 1913 and inscribed Approach of Rain on the reverse
- oil on panel
- 13 1/4 by 19 1/2 in. (33.6 by 49.5 cm)
- Painted on Monhegan Island, Maine in October 1913.
Provenance
Estate of Emma Bellows (the artist's wife)
H.V. Allison & Co., New York
Herbert A. Goldstone, New York, 1961
H.V. Allison & Co., New York
Terrance H. Geaghan, Shipmasters Gallery, Bath, Maine
Acquired by the present owners mother from the above, 1996
Exhibited
New York, H.V. Allison & Co., George Bellows, November-December, 1947
Brooklyn, New York, The Brooklyn Museum, The Herbert A. Goldstone Collection of American Art, June-September, 1965, no. 4, p. 9, illustrated
Vienna, Austria, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, America: The New World in 19th Century Painting, March-June 1999, no. 145, p. 289, illustrated in color p. 190
Literature
The artist's record book A, p. 260
Emma S. Bellows, The Paintings of George Bellows, New York, 1929, no. 40, illustrated
Catalogue Note
This painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of paintings by George Bellows being compiled by Glenn C. Peck with the cooperation of the artist's daughter.