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AT-00011272The Hag and the Young Man
About the Artwork
The Hag and the Young Man was one of 15 drawings Bellows made to illustrate The Wind Bloweth, a story by Donn Byrne set in Ireland. This illustration was reproduced on page 96 of the May 1922 issue of The Century Magazine. For some reason, however, this illustration was not used when the novel was reprinted as a book later in 1922. Bellows's interest in Irish subjects was probably sparked by his friendship with the Irish painter John Butler Yeats (1839–1922).
Inscriptions
signed, lower center, in black crayon: Geo Bellows; lower center, in graphite: THE HAG AND THE YOUNG MAN; lower center, in graphite: -5- / 85 screen H.L.; recto upper right, in green pencil: Box 39-39 [sideways]
Provenance
?-1937: Frank K.M. Rehn, New York, NY December 20, 1937: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
Watercolors and Drawings form the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-28, 1939). Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 11-October 3, 1940). The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941). American Drawings: 1900-1930. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 7-October 31, 1982). From Block Books to Baskin: Artists as Illustrators. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 13-August 17, 1986). American Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998).
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
- probably 1922
- Medium
- black lithographic crayon (rubbed in sky)
- Dimensions
- Image: 45.6 x 36.8 cm (17 15/16 x 14 1/2 in.); Sheet: 58.6 x 54 cm (23 1/16 x 21 1/4 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
- Accession no.
- 1937.512
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