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The Pool Player

1921

George Bellows

(American, 1882–1925)
Culture
America
Medium
lithograph
Measurements
Platemark: 13 x 25.5 cm (5 1/8 x 10 1/16 in.); Sheet: 17.2 x 31.4 cm (6 3/4 x 12 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr. 1936.577
Catalogue raisonné
Mason 83
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

A single overhead light illuminates the pool player’s careful concentration and agile pose while casting two rapt companions in shadow. The figure on the left is believed to be Bellows’s self-portrait.
A horizontally oriented print in black ink depicts a man in a vest leaning over a pool table, aiming a cue stick toward the left. Sharp light illuminates his face and shirt, contrasting with the dark background where another figure sits. Several pool balls are scattered across the table in the foreground. Bold hatching and highlights define the forms, and handwritten inscriptions run along the bottom edge of the composition.

The Pool Player

1921

George Bellows

(American, 1882–1925)
America

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