What is the subject matter of George Bellows’s Cliff Dwellers?

MEDIUM Lithograph on paper DIMENSIONS Unframed: 16 ½ x 12 ½ inches Framed: 24 x 20 inches SIGNATURE lower right Geo Bellow / G.B.B.

Signed in pencil by the artist lower right Titled "Hold Up" by the artist in pencil. Signed by the printer Bolton Brown lower left. Edition: 42 in this state Note: In The Hold Up, se...

red ballboy or Studies for "Tennis Tournament" Unsigned Provenance: Estate of the Artist, 1925 Emma S. Bellows (widow( Emma S. Bellows Trust Allison Galleries, New York Representing the Bellows Trust. Stock HVA 34 Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York Thomas French Fine Art Ronald Slotter, Columbus, Ohio Columbus College of Art and Design, de-accessed 2010 Annotated by the artist:"red ballboy" Study sketches...

George Bellows Business-Men's Class, Y.M.C.A, 1916 Signed, numbered "No. 41" and titled lower margin Lithograph on wove paper 11 1/2 x 17 1/8 inches Edition of 64 Provenance: Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York Private Collection, Ohio Literature: Mason, 20. After his arrival from Columbus, Ohio in 1904, Bellows lived at the West Side YMCA. It was there that he met Eugene Speicher, another aspiring young artist who was to become his lifelong friend. Always interested in the anatomy of the human body, Bellows often satirized the various types who, while leading a sedentary life, feel compelled to devote a portion of their daily routine to physical self-improvement. Throughout his brief but illustrious career, George Wesley Bellows created striking scenes that documented ordinary American life in all its beauty and banality. Considered an American Realist, the artist eschewed embellishment, finding inspiration in the gritty boroughs of New York City, the rocky coastline of Maine, and, later, in his friends and family. Bellows garnered early recognition for his arresting portrayals of illegal prizefighting, dramatic works executed in dark tonal palettes that underscore the brutality of the violent sport. Bellows’ elderly Methodist parents hoped their son might pursue the ministry, a calling the extroverted athlete never received. The Columbus native competed on the baseball team at Ohio State University and also served as an illustrator for the college yearbook. In the fall of 1904—just months shy of his expected graduation—Bellows defied his father’s wishes and boarded a train to New York City in hopes of becoming a magazine illustrator like his idols Howard Chandler Christy and Charles Dana Gibson. Before leaving, he reportedly turned down an offer to play professional baseball with the Cincinnati Reds...

Sketch of Anne Lithograph, 1923-1924 Signed and titled by the artist, signed by his printer Bolton Brown Edition: 42 Printed by Bolton Brown (see photo of his signature in pencil) Pr...

Irish 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...