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A black-and-white print of two men boxing next to a referee inside a ring as spectators watch.
A black-and-white print of two men boxing next to a referee inside a ring as spectators watch.

A Stag at Sharkey's

George Bellows (1882-1925)

Object Details

  • Date

    1917

  • Object Type

    Prints

  • Medium

    Lithograph

  • Contributors

    Printed by George C. Miller

  • Dimensions

    Image: 18 7/16 x 23 15/16 in.
    Sheet: 21 7/8 x 26 3/4 in.

  • Edition

    37/99

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    signed l.c. on stone: Geo Bellows

    numbered l.l. below image in graphite: No 37

    titled l.c. below image in graphite: A Stag at Sharkey's

    signed l.r. below image in graphite: Geo Bellows

    numbered l.c. near edge in graphite: 41145

    Verso:

    [removed] printed white label: Sterling and Francine Clark \ Art Institute \ Temp. Reg. No. \ 497/82 [in ink]

    [removed] printed yellow label: Artist: George W. Bellows [typewritten] CAT. #50 [in ink] \ Title (date): Stag at Sharkeys. 1917 [typewritten] \ Medium: Lithograph [typewritten] \ Lender: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Marron [typewritten] \ Loan No.: Ex. 1980.20.22 [typewritten] \ Santa Barbara Museum of Art 23 83 [in graphite]

    [removed] printed white label: H. V. ALLISON & CO., INC. \ 11 EAST 57th STREET \ NEW YORK, N.Y. 10022 \ [double line] \ [typewritten] "Stag at Sharkey's" \ Original Lithograph by \ GEORGE BELLOWS (1882-1925) \ Bellows catalogue #71. Drawn in 1917. \ Proof # 37 of an edition of 98 proofs . \ Signed by the artist. The 'Stag at \ Sharkey's" was the first lithograph to \ attract general public attention. Many \ of the early pictures of prize fights were \ impressions of nights at this "Club".

  • Collection Name

    Donald Marron Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    1983.23

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
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