Items Similar to Emma and Marjorie on a Sofa
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 8
George Wesley BellowsEmma and Marjorie on a Sofa1921
1921
About the Item
Emma and Marjorie on a Sofa
Lithograph printed on chine paper, 1921
Signed by the artist lower right (see photo)
Signed by the printer Bolton Brown lower left (see photo)
Edition: 44
In this charming domestic scene, the sitters are Bellows' wife, Emma Story Bellows, and Marjorie Henri, wife of the artist Robert Henri.
Condition: Excellent
Usual wrinkles associated with the printing process on the chine paper
Image size: 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches
Sheet size: 13 x 10 3/4 inches
Provenance: Estate of the artist
Thomas French Fine Art (Agent for the Bellows Trust)
Ronald C. Slotter, Columbus
Columbus Collage of Art & Design
Hindman Auction, Chicago
Reference: Mason 102
Biography
George Bellows was born in Columbus, Ohio, on August 12, 1882, the only child of a successful building contractor from Sag Harbor, Long Island, New York. He entered Ohio State University in 1901, where he played baseball and basketball and made drawings for college publications. He dropped out of college in 1904, went to New York, and studied under Robert Henri (American, 1865 - 1929) at the New York School of Art, where Edward Hopper (American, 1882 - 1967), Rockwell Kent (American, 1882 - 1971), and Guy Pène du Bois (American, 1884 - 1958) were his classmates. A superb technician who worked in a confident, painterly style, Bellows soon established himself as the most important realist of his generation. He created memorable images of club fights, street urchins swimming in the East River, and the Pennsylvania Station excavation site and garnered praise from both progressive and conservative critics. In 1909 he became one of the youngest artists ever admitted as an associate member of the National Academy of Design.
In 1910 Bellows began teaching at the Art Students League and married Emma Story, by whom he had two daughters. After 1910 Bellows gradually abandoned the stark urban realism and dark palette characteristic of his early work and gravitated toward painting landscapes, seascapes, and portraits. His style changed as he explored the color theories of Hardesty Maratta and Denman Ross, and later Jay Hambidge’s compositional system of dynamic symmetry.
Bellows helped organize the Armory Show in 1913, in which five of his paintings and a number of drawings were included. That year he was elected a full member of the National Academy of Design. He had leftist political views and contributed illustrations to the Socialist publication The Masses from 1912 to 1917. Bellows began to make lithographs in 1916, and his exceptional talent engendered a revival of interest in the medium. He worked in Maine, in Carmel, California, and in Middletown, Rhode Island, and was a founding member of the Society of Independent Artists and a charter member of the Association of American Painters and Sculptors. In 1919 he taught at the Art Institute of Chicago. After painting the landscape near Woodstock, New York, in 1920, he bought a house there the following year. He died of appendicitis in New York on January 8, 1925, at the age of 42.
Bellows, who never went to Europe, is regarded as a quintessential American artist whose vigorous style enabled him to explore a wide range of subjects from scenes of modern urban life to portraits of his daughters, to turbulent Maine seascapes. As an early biographer noted, Bellows “caught the brute force of the prize fighter, the ruggedness of the country pasture, the essence of childhood and recorded them appropriately not only for his own generation but for all time.”
Courtesy National Gallery of Art
- Creator:George Wesley Bellows (1882-1925, American)
- Creation Year:1921
- Dimensions:Height: 10.5 in (26.67 cm)Width: 8.25 in (20.96 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:Fairlawn, OH
- Reference Number:
George Wesley Bellows
George Bellows, an American artist, was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1882, the only child of a successful building contractor from Sag Harbor, New York. He entered Ohio State University in 1901, where he played baseball and basketball and made drawings for college publications. He dropped out of college in 1904, went to New York, and studied under Robert Henri (American, 1865 – 1929) at the New York School of Art, where Edward Hopper (American, 1882 – 1967), Rockwell Kent (American, 1882 – 1971), and Guy Pène du Bois (American, 1884 – 1958) were his classmates. A superb technician who worked in a confident, painterly style, Bellows soon established himself as the most important realist of his generation. He created memorable images of club fights, street urchins swimming in the East River, and the Pennsylvania Station excavation site and garnered praise from both progressive and conservative critics. In 1910 Bellows began teaching at the Art Students League and married Emma Story, by whom he had two daughters. After 1910 Bellows gradually abandoned the stark urban realism and dark palette characteristic of his early work and gravitated toward painting landscapes, seascapes, and portraits. Bellows helped organize the Armory Show in 1913, in which five of his paintings and a number of drawings were included. That year he was elected a full member of the National Academy of Design. He had leftist political views and contributed illustrations to the Socialist publication The Masses from 1912 to 1917. Bellows began to make lithographs in 1916 and his exceptional talent engendered a revival of interest in the medium. He worked in Maine, in Carmel, California, and in Middletown, Rhode Island, and was a founding member of the Society of Independent Artists and a charter member of the Association of American Painters and Sculptors. In 1919 he taught at the Art Institute of Chicago. Bellows, who never went to Europe, is regarded as a quintessential American artist whose vigorous style enabled him to explore a wide range of subjects from scenes of modern urban life to portraits of his daughters, to turbulent Maine seascapes. As an early biographer noted, Bellows “caught the brute force of the prizefighter, the ruggedness of the country pasture, the essence of childhood and recorded them appropriately not only for his own generation but for all time.”[1] [1] [Frederick A. Sweet], George Bellows: Paintings, Drawings and Prints (Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1946). Robert Torchia September 29, 2016
About the Seller
5.0
Recognized Seller
These prestigious sellers are industry leaders and represent the highest echelon for item quality and design.
Platinum Seller
These expertly vetted sellers are 1stDibs' most experienced sellers and are rated highest by our customers.
Established in 1978
1stDibs seller since 2013
718 sales on 1stDibs
Typical response time: 1 hour
Associations
International Fine Print Dealers Association
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Fairlawn, OH
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 10 days of delivery.
More From This SellerView All
- The Irish FairBy George Wesley BellowsLocated in Fairlawn, OHIrish Fair Lithograph, 1923 Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist (see photo) Titled "Irish Fair" by the artist in pencil Edition: 84 Housed in an archival frame with acid free...Category
1920s Ashcan School Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Boys SleddingBy John SloanLocated in Fairlawn, OHBoys Sledding Etching, 1920 Signed and titled in pencil by the artist below image (see photos) Annotated in pencil by the artist "100 proofs" Signed and dated in the plate lower left...Category
1920s Ashcan School Prints and Multiples
MaterialsEtching
- Irving Place BurleskBy Reginald MarshLocated in Fairlawn, OHIrving Place Burlesque Etching, 1930 Unsigned (as usual for the Whitney edition) Numbered in pencil lower left Blind stamp of the Whitney Museum (WM) lower right From: Reginald Marsh...Category
1930s Ashcan School Figurative Prints
MaterialsEtching
- L'ACTEUR . . . . - On voit bien qu'il fait chaud . . . . . . . trois spectateursBy Honoré DaumierLocated in Fairlawn, OHL'ACTEUR . . . . - On voit bien qu'il fait chaud . . . . . . . trois spectateurs dans la salle ..... faut-il commencer ? . . . . LE DIRECTEUR .- Et encore un des trois est le vendeu...Category
1850s Romantic Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Le Village (The village)By Marc ChagallLocated in Fairlawn, OHLe Village (The village) Original lithograph in colors, lsied in the artist's catalog raisonne of his prints, 1977 From: Derriere le Miroir, No. 225, Edition 15,000 as published in ...Category
1970s French School Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Derriere le Miroir-Double Page (Behind the Looking Glass Double Page)By Marc ChagallLocated in Fairlawn, OHDerriere le Miroir-Double Page (Behind the Looking Glass Double Page) Original color llithogragp created by the artist for this ublication, 1964 Unsigned as issued From: Derriere le ...Category
1960s French School Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
You May Also Like
- Ann Nooney, (Carnival Workers Resting, NYC)By Ann NooneyLocated in New York, NYThe dimensions are for the image; there are large margins. This lithograph is signed in pencil. A native New Yorker, Ann Nooney (1900-1970) recorded the urban scene while on the Wo...Category
1930s Ashcan School Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Philip Evergood, (The New York Times)By Philip EvergoodLocated in New York, NYThe ever-quirky Philip Evergood has composed a print that is at once a World War II image (The New York Times on the table has the headline 'Japs Bomb P...Category
Mid-20th Century Ashcan School Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Jane Rogers, BreakfastLocated in New York, NYJane Rogers was born in the artists' colony of Woodstock, New York. Most of her career was spent in New York. Although her dates are most often given as 18...Category
Mid-20th Century Ashcan School Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- 'Hurdy Gurdy Ballet' — 1920s New York — American SceneBy Glenn O. ColemanLocated in Myrtle Beach, SCGlenn O. Coleman, 'Hurdy Gurdy Ballet', lithograph 1928, edition 50. Signed, dated, and numbered '14/50' in pencil. Titled in the bottom left margin, in a...Category
1920s Ashcan School Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Theresa Halat, (The Fox and The Dog)Located in New York, NYWhile nothing is known about this artist (maybe even the spelling of the last name?), the drawing is so skilled and the composition compelling that there MUST be other work! And use ...Category
1930s Ashcan School Animal Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- The Sixth Avenue Spur, New York City — 1920s American ExpressionismBy Frederick K. DetwillerLocated in Myrtle Beach, SCFrederick K. Detwiller, 'The Sixth Avenue Spur, New York City', lithograph, 1924, edition 20. Signed, dated, titled, and annotated 'Lith 20' in pencil. Inscribed 'To my Friend Herbert L. Jones' in pencil. Signed and dated, in the stone, lower right; initialed and dated '1927' in the stone, lower left. A fine, richly-inked impression, on cream wove paper, with margins (7/8 to 1 1/4 inches); slight toning in the top left sheet edge, otherwise in good condition. Scarce. Image size 20 1/2 x 14 inches (521 x 356 mm); sheet size 22 1/2 x 16 inches (572 x 406 mm). Archivally matted to museum standards, unframed. ABOUT THE IMAGE The Sixth Avenue El was constructed in the late 1870s by the Gilbert Elevated Railway and reorganized as the Metropolitan Elevated Railway. By 1878, it was running from Rector Street to 58th Street. Soon after that, it was taken over by the Manhattan Railway Company, with three other Manhattan elevated train lines. The company built a connection, the ‘spur’ by which it turned west on 53rd Street to merge with the 9th Avenue El—paralleling the present-day route of the 6th Avenue subway. The Sixth Avenue El served the “Ladies Mile” shops (including the Siegel-Cooper emporium, whose building now houses Bed...Category
1920s Ashcan School Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Ways To Browse
Early American Sofa
Modern Couches 1920
Antique Modern Sofa
French Country Couch
1967 Sofa
Antique American Couch
A Wesley
1920 French Couch
George Bellows Artists
Sofas In Ohio
Antique Columbus
Antique Country House Sofa
Antique French Country Sofa
10 Long Sofa
Antique Bellows
Antique Armories
Antique Armory
New Harbor Maine