Lot 14
  • 14

GEORGE WESLEY BELLOWS | Little House in the Woods

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description

  • Little House in the Woods
  • oil on panel
  • 17 by 24 inches
  • (43.2 by 61 cm)
  • Painted in 1920.

Provenance

Estate of the artist, 1925
Emma Story Bellows (his wife)
Estate of the above, 1959
H.V. Allison & Co., New York (acquired from the above)
Charles H. Morgan, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1976
Estate of the above
H.V. Allison Galleries, Inc., New York
Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Yasinow, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Owen Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1997

Exhibited

New York, H.V. Allison & Co., George Bellows (1882-1925): A Selection of Paintings, Drawings, and Lithographs, October-November 1985, no. 17, p. 21, illustrated

Literature

Artist's Record Book B, p. 246

Condition

There appears to be minor frame abrasion at the extreme edges with a small associated loss at the upper right corner. Under UV: there appear to be a few scattered dots of inpainting in the background.
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Catalogue Note

This work is included in the online version of the catalogue raisonnĂ© available at www.hvallison.com and will be included in the publication being prepared by Glenn C. Peck.