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The Hag and the Young Man

probably 1922

George Bellows

(American, 1882–1925)
Culture
America
Medium
black lithographic crayon (rubbed in sky)
Support
Beige(1) board (discolored)
Measurements
Image: 45.6 x 36.8 cm (17 15/16 x 14 1/2 in.); Sheet: 58.6 x 54 cm (23 1/16 x 21 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1937.512
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

The Hag and the Young Man was one of 15 drawings Bellows made to illustrate The Wind Bloweth, a story by Donn Byrne set in Ireland. This illustration was reproduced on page 96 of the May 1922 issue of The Century Magazine. For some reason, however, this illustration was not used when the novel was reprinted as a book later in 1922. Bellows's interest in Irish subjects was probably sparked by his friendship with the Irish painter John Butler Yeats (1839–1922).
A vertically oriented lithograph in black crayon depicts an elderly woman in a dark shawl standing before a despondent young man. He sits beneath the sweeping, dark canopy of a large tree. To our left, a small cottage and a distant sailboat border a textured sea. Swirling, rubbed clouds surround a luminous orb in the sky. Bold, heavy shadows stretch diagonally to our right across the uneven ground.

The Hag and the Young Man

probably 1922

George Bellows

(American, 1882–1925)
America

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