Lot 4
  • 4

George Bellows 1882-1925

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • George Bellows
  • On the Road to Aix
  • signed GEO BELLOWS, l.r., titled ON THE ROAD TO AIX on the margin

  • charcoal and black crayon on paper
  • 21 1/4 by 20 1/2 in.
  • 54 by 52 cm.

Provenance

Collection of Emma S. Bellows (his wife)
H.V. Allison & Co., Inc., New York

 

Literature

The artist's record book B, p. 267

Condition

in good condition; mild soiling to surface: a few scattered light spots of foxing, staining, a few smudges; surface is toned--edges under mat are lighter; remnants of old matting (specks of paper, glue) scattered along margin; sheet is hinged to mat with pieces of tape along the upper edge, verso
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Catalogue Note

Executed in early 1922, this work is one of sixteen illustrations Bellows was commissioned by Century Magazine to create for popular Irish author, Donn Byrne's novel, The Wind Bloweth.  His illustrations were so well-received that later in the year he received another commission from Hearst International Magazine to illustrate the serialized version of H.G. Wells' Men Like Gods.
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