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Boy in a Blue Coat
1915
George Bellows
George Bellows (American, 1882–1925)
American Painting and Sculpture
Boy in a Blue Coat, 1915. George Bellows (American, 1882–1925). Oil on canvas; unframed: 91.5 x 61 cm (36 x 24 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Henry A. Everett for the Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection 1938.45
- Maker/Artist
- Bellows, George
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Unframed: 91.5 x 61 cm (36 x 24 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: signed lower left: Geo Bellows.
- Departments
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1938.45
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Mrs. Henry A. Everett for the Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection
- Exhibitions
- The Silver Jubilee Exhibition, Celebrate Ohio: Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition, American Paintings 1825 - 1915 from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Providence, Rhode Island School of Design, Annual Fall Exhibition of American Painting (12 October-9 November 1915), see The Bulletin of the Rhode Island School of Design (April, 1915, and January 1916), for references to the show.<br>San Francisco, Palace of Fine Arts, Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1916), Bellows' notebooks indicated that this painting went to the Panama-Pacific Exposition in 1916, however the Exposition itself, ran from 20 February-4 December 1915; further, this painting is not listed in the catalogue for the 1915 show; however, p. 8 of the Report of the Department of Fine Arts does indicate that from 1 January-1 May 1916, the Department of Fine Arts conducted a post-Exposition exhibition in the Palace of Fine Arts which included both objects in the original 1915 exhibition and additional works.<br>Buffalo, Albright Art Gallery, Twelfth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists, (1918), cat. no. 6, illus.<br>New York, Montross Gallery, Special Exhibition of Paintings, (1918), cat. no. 1(?).<br>Akron, Akron Art Institute, 40 American Painters: A Survey of American Painting from Colonial to Modern Times (December, 1945), cat. no. 31, illus.<br>Youngstown, OH, The Butler Institute of American Art, Exhibition of Ohio Painters (2-30 April 1967), cat. no. 5.	 <br>Akron, Akron Art Institute, Celebrate Ohio: Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition (27 September-7 November 1971), cat. not numbered, not illus.<br>Coshocton, OH, Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, American Paintings 1825-1915 from The Cleveland Museum of Art (7 July-1 November 1979), cat. not numbered, not illus. <br>Lakewood, OH, The Kenneth C. Beck Center, American Paintings 1825-1915 from The Cleveland Museum of Art (17 September-13 October 1980), no separate catalogue seems to exist, but it is assumed that it would be similar to the Coshocton catalogue (see above).<br>Grand Rapids, MI, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Pioneers: Early 20th Century Art from Midwestern Museums (17 September-1 November 1981), cat. no. 2, illus.
- Rights Statement
- Copyrighted
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