Currently not on view
California Headlands,
1917
George Wesley Bellows, 1882–1925; born Columbus, OH; died, New York, NY; active New York, NY
y1968-203
Although best known for vibrant depictions of boxing and New York urban life, Bellows was a committed landscape artist throughout his brief career. In 1917, he accepted a portrait commission in California and settled for the summer at the artist’s colony of Carmel-by-the-Sea, in Monterey County. The swirling, abstracted California Headlands accords with both the artist’s characteristic muscular style and the striking coastal subject.
Information
Title
California Headlands
Dates
1917
Maker
Medium
Oil on wood panel
Dimensions
45.6 × 55.8 cm (17 15/16 × 21 15/16 in.)
frame: 66 × 76.8 × 7.6 cm (26 × 30 1/4 × 3 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Wilmer Hoffman, Class of 1913, Fund
Object Number
y1968-203
Place Made
United States, California, Carmel Highlands
Signatures
Signed bottom left, in purple-red: Geo Bellows.
Culture
Type
Estate of artist's wife, Emma Story Bellows; to her daughters, Anne and Jean Bellows; H.V Allison & Co., New York, NY; to Campanile Galleries, Chicago, IL, 1968
- Alfreda J. Murck, "Acquisitions 1968", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 27, no. 2 (1968): p. 94-105., p. 99 (illus)
- Hedy Backlin-Landman, "A west coast landscape by Bellows", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 27, no. 2 (1968): 90-91., p. 91 (illus.)
- American art collection: American Ambassador's residence, Oslo, Norway, (Oslo, Norway: Embassy of the United States of America, [198-?])., p. 10
