Lot 18
  • 18

George Bellows

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • George Bellows
  • Old Barn, Shady Valley
  • signed Geo Bellows and inscribed E.S.B., by the artist's wife, Emma S. Bellows (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 16 3/4 by 23 3/4 inches
  • (42.5 by 60.2 cm)
  • Painted in April 1920.

Provenance

Estate of the artist, 1925
Emma S. Bellows, the artist's wife
H.V. Allison & Co., New York (acquired from the estate of the above in 1959)
Chapellier Gallery, New York, 1980
Private Collection, Los Angeles
Fluor Corporation, California
Sale: Christie's, New York, December 4, 1996, lot 241
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner

Condition

Oil on canvas. Canvas is not lined. SURFACE: in good condition; mild craquelure in more thinly painted areas (sky). UNDER UV: No apparent inpainting.
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