Nude with Fan

Artist George Wesley Bellows American, 1882–1925

Date1920

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions34 x 44 in. (86.4 x 111.8 cm)
Frame: 45 x 55 x 3 1/4 in. (114.3 x 139.7 x 8.3 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina

Object number72.1.6

On View

On view

Provenance**Created United States, 1920; collection of the artist; the artist’s wife, Emma S. Bellows, New York, 1925; [H. V. Allison and Co., New York]; C. Ruxton Love, New York, 1955; [Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York]; sold to NCMA, 1972.
Published References"George Bellows," Arts Digest 29 (Dec. 15, 1954), 21, illus. (as Nude with Fan, b-w).

Charles H. Morgan, George Bellows: Painter of America (New York: Reynal & Co., 1965), noted 238, illus. (b-w, as Nude with Blue Ostrich Fan, collection of C. Ruxton Love, Jr.) 355.

Mariane Hancock, "George Bellows" (review), Arts 46 (Sept./Oct. 1971), noted 60.

Mahonri Sharp Young, The Paintings of George Bellows (New York: Watson-Guptill, 1973), discussed 122, illus. (color) pl. 51.

"Biennial Report: Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 12 (December 1973): noted 17, listed 40, illus. (b-w) 19.

"Le Chronique des Arts," Gazette des Beaux-Arts 1261(February 1974), listed & illus. (b-w) no. 492.

Ken Smith, "As I See It," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview and Calendar of Events (March/April 1999), 29, illus. (b-w).
Exhibition HistoryCincinnati, OH, Cincinnati Art Museum, "Twenty-eigth Annual Exhibition of American Art," May 28-July 31, 1921, no. 185 (as Nude Girl).

[New York, NY, Marie Sterner Gallery, 1922.]

New York, NY, Waldorf Astoria, Society of Independent Artists, "Ninth Annual Exhibition," March 6-29, 1925, no. 2 (as Nude with an Ostrich Fan).

New York, NY, H. V. Allison & Co., "Paintings and Drawings by George Bellows," December 1-31, 1954, no. 16 (as Nude with Fan).

Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art, "George Bellows: A Retrospective Exhibition," January 19-February 24, 1957, no. 47, illus. (b-w, as Nude with Fan, collection of C. Ruxton Love, Jr.).

New York, NY, Gallery of Modern Art, "George Bellows: Paintings, Drawings, Lithographs," March 15-May 1, 1966, no. 58, illus. (b-w, as Nude with Fan, collection of C. Ruxton Love, Jr.)

New York, NY, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, "George Bellows," 1971, no. 14, illus. (b-w).

New York, NY, New York Cultural Center, "Three Centuries of the American Nude," May-June 1975.

Charlotte, NC, Mint Museum of Art, "American Painting and Sculpture, 1900-1945," November 2-December 27, 1978, no. 5.

Winston-Salem, NC, Reynolda House Museum of American Art, "Twentieth Century American Art from the North Carolina Museum of Art," December 7, 1979-January 31, 1980.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement

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