Incorrect Username, Email, or Password
This object does not yet have a description.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M25776
People
George Wesley Bellows, American (Columbus, OH 1882 - 1925 New York, NY)
Title
The Barricade, No. 2
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: War Series
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1918
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/100568

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
image: 43.5 x 73 cm (17 1/8 x 28 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Geo Bellows
  • inscription: lower margin below image, to left, cebter, and right, graphite, hand written, signed, in artist's hand: No 9 The Barricade Geo Bellows
  • inscription: lower right corber, graphite, hand written: I H A 653 B-90 [questionable reading of first three letters; cataloguing information?]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Possibly estate of George Wesley Bellows. [James Bergquist, Newton Centre, Massachusetts], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, December 10, 2002.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
M. 62

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Diane and Michael Maher
Accession Year
2002
Object Number
M25776
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Publication History

  • Carol Troyen, "Collateral Damage: George Bellows and the Great War", The World of William Glackens: The C. Richard Hilker Art Lectures (New York, NY), pp. 159-191, p. 172, repr. p. 172 as fig. 120

Related Works

Verification Level

This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu