Lithograph

1916

Signed and titled in pencil by the artist
Annotated "No. 30" in pencil lower left

Edition: at least 41

Still experimenting, Bellows re-drew "Hungry Dogs" on a second stone. When the first state of the second stone proved too dark, he employed a subtractive method to remove dark areas and lighten the print. In addition, he sometimes used a brown ink, as here.

Provenance Bellows Family Trust

Bibliography Lauris Mason; assisted by Joan Ludman, The Lithographs of George Bellows: A Catalogue Raisonne (New York: KTO Press, 1977), 1.

Jane Myers and Linda Ayres, George Bellows: The Artist and His Lithographs 1916-1924 (Ft. Worth, TX: Amon Carter Museum, 1988), fig. 131, p. 161.

Lauris Mason assisted by Joan Ludman, The Lithographs of George Bellows: A Catalogue Raisonne, Revised edition (San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1992), 1B ii/II.

Sheet: 16 x 12 1/16"
Image: 13 3/8 x 9 3/4"

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