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GEORGE WESLEY BELLOWS | MILL DAM

Lot Closed

July 24, 04:12 PM GMT

Estimate

150,000 - 250,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

GEORGE WESLEY BELLOWS

1882 - 1925

MILL DAM


oil on canvas

16 ⅝ by 24 ⅛ inches (42.2 by 61.3 cm)

Framed: 21 ¼ by 28 ¾ inches (54 by 73 cm)

Painted in 1924.


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

The artist

Estate of the above, 1925

Emma Story Bellows (his wife)

Estate of the above, 1959

H.V. Allison & Co., New York

Mrs. Harold Rifkin, Riverdale, New York, 1967 (acquired from the above)

Senator William Benton, Connecticut

Louise Benton Wagner (his daughter), Connecticut, 1973 (by descent)

Louise Benton Wagner Trust (by descent; sold: Christie's, New York, May 25, 2000, lot 70)

Private collection (acquired at the above sale; sold: Christie's, New York, November 19, 2015, lot 50)

Acquired by the present owner at the above sale

New York, H.V. Allison & Co., Inc., George Bellows, May 1967, no. 9

Storrs, Connecticut, University of Connecticut, William Benton Museum of Art (on extended loan)

Columbus, Ohio, Columbus Museum of Art; Richmond, Virginia, Virginia Museum; Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines Art Center; Worcester, Massachusetts, Worcester Art Museum, George Wesley Bellows: Paintings, Drawings and Prints, April-December 1979, no. 53, p. 64, illustrated