
Cleveland Museum of Art
Boy in a Blue Coat
George BellowsLinkedCulture matchlcp-c203429089d5
- Date
- 1915
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Culture
- America
- Department
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 117843
George Bellows created this work during July 1915 in Ogunquit, Maine. Because of frequent rainy weather, the artist tended to paint indoors, focusing on portraiture. The identity of the sitter in this example remains unknown. George Bellows painted more than 140 portraits during his brief career.
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Provenance & credit
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- Credit line
- Bequest of Mrs. Henry A. Everett for the Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection
- Provenance
- Newman Emerson Montross [1849–1932], New York, NY | [American Galleries, New York, NY, February 8, 1923, lot 50] | [Ferargil Galleries, New York, NY, through purchase] | Josephine Pettengill Everett [1866–1937], Cleveland, OH | The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, through bequest in 1938
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