Harvard Art Museums > 1943.568: "Sweeney, The Idol of the Kids, Had Hit a Home Run" Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation""Sweeney, The Idol of the Kids, Had Hit a Home Run" (George Wesley Bellows) , 1943.568,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 20, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/307932. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1943.568 People George Wesley Bellows, American (Columbus, OH 1882 - 1925 New York, NY) Title "Sweeney, The Idol of the Kids, Had Hit a Home Run" Other Titles Former Title: "Sweeny, The Idol of the Fans, Had Hit a Home Run" Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 19th-20th century Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/307932 Physical Descriptions Medium Black crayon (possibly lithographic crayon), black ink, and charcoal on cream wove paper, fixed or coated Dimensions 33.1 x 44.6 cm (13 1/16 x 17 9/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: black ink, lower center: Geo Bellows inscription: l.l., in image, black ink, in artist's hand: GB inscription: verso, black ink: Sweeney was the idol of the kids / Sweeney the idol of the kids had hit a home run Provenance Recorded Ownership History Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, New York, bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop Accession Year 1943 Object Number 1943.568 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS. 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 Kenyon Castle Bolton, III, Peter G. Huenink, Earl A. Powell III, Harry Z. Rand, and Nanette C. Sexton, American Art at Harvard, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1972), cat. 138, ill. The Drawings of George Bellows, Borden Publishing Company (Alhambra, CA, 1973), repr (n.p.) John Bowman and Joel Zoss, Diamonds in the Rough: The Untold History of Baseball, MacMillan (New York, NY, 1989), repr. in b/w p. 240 Exhibition History American Art at Harvard, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/19/1972 - 06/18/1972 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
