Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00009473Boy in a Blue Coat
About the Artwork
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.
Inscriptions
signed lower left: Geo Bellows.
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
Exhibition history
The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941). Celebrate Ohio: Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition. Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH (organizer) (September 27-November 7, 1971). American Paintings 1825 - 1915 from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, Coshocton, OH (organizer) (July 7-November 1, 1979).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- George Bellows (American, 1882–1925)
- Date
- 1915
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Unframed: 91.5 x 61 cm (36 x 24 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Bequest of Mrs. Henry A. Everett for the Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection
- Accession no.
- 1938.45
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