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Preliminaries

1916

George Bellows

(American, 1882–1925)
Culture
America
Medium
lithograph
Measurements
Image: 40 x 49.6 cm (15 3/4 x 19 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr. 1936.642
Catalogue raisonné
Mason 24
Copyright
Copyright
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print

Description

By 1916, the year Bellows created Preliminaries, boxing was legal in New York and had begun attracting audiences beyond its usual working-class, male demographic. Relegating the ensuing match to the background, this print focuses on a group of wealthy spectators who arrive to take their seats in Madison Square Garden. According to the artist’s widow, the subject was occasioned by the first bout in New York to which women were permitted to attend.

Preliminaries

1916

George Bellows

(American, 1882–1925)
America

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