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January 26, 2018 10:00 AMCalender
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George Bellows (American, 1882-1925) Legs of the Sea

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$1,169$950
Auction: American & European Works of Art - 3072BLocation: BostonDate / Time: January 26, 2018 10:00AM

Description:

George Bellows (American, 1882-1925)

Legs of the Sea, 1921, edition of 53 (Mason, 85). Signed "Geo Bellows" in pencil l.r., initialed within the matrix, signed "Bolton Brown - imp -" in pencil l.l., titled in pencil l.c., identified on a label from H.V. Allison & Co., Inc., New York, affixed to the backing. Lithograph on paper, image size 8 5/8 x 10 3/4 in. (21.8 x 27.3 cm),framed.
Condition: Gentle rippling, foxing to corners u.l. and l.r., creases (primarily to margins),possible repairs at upper corners, not examined out of frame.

N.B. Also from the Bellows family summers in Rhode Island, the location is Third Beach in Newport.
Estimate $600-800

There is a gently pressed crease that enters the image slightly to the right of the initials and a pressed crease that cuts across the corner of the image at the u.l. The repair u.r. just affects the corner of the image; the other repair does not. Sheet measures 9 5/8 x 12 1/8 in. Linen hinges affixed to the verso at upper corners. Staining at u.l. corner at the hinge and at c.l. and u.c. in the margins. Fox marks or similar l.r. and at tight on the horizon. The print is glazed with glass.


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