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George Wesley Bellows (1882-1925)
Lot 29 Property from a Private Maine Collection

George Wesley Bellows (1882-1925)

Shipyard, Camden, Maine

Closed5 December 2013

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USD 37,500

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George Wesley Bellows (1882-1925)
Shipyard, Camden, Maine
bears inscription 'Geo. Bellows/E.S.B.' (lower left)
conté crayon on paper
7 x 6 in. (17.8 x 15.2 cm.), image; 7½ x 6½ in. (19.1 x 16.5 cm.), sheet
Executed circa 1916.

The artist.
Estate of the above.
Emma S. Bellows, wife of the artist.
[With]H.V. Allison & Co., Inc., New York.
Mrs. R.C. Paine, Jr., Mount Desert, Maine, acquired from the above.
By descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

The present work is a preparatory drawing for the oil painting Shipyard (1916) in the collection of the Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, Massachusetts. The final version is noted in the Artist's Record Book B (p. 65).