Old Lady with Bonnet

Artist George Bellows American, 1882 - 1925

Date1918

Place of OriginNew York, New York, United States of America

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsStretcher: 30 1/8 × 25 in. (76.5 × 63.5 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 40 x 35 in. (101.6 x 88.9 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of American Paintings Galleries, Inc.

Object number1971.8

On View

On view

Collections

American Paintings & Sculpture

SignedSigned lower left; "Geo Bellows."

DescriptionPortrait of an elderly woman, seated, 3/4 view, facing left. She wears black with a white lace jabot-like accent that is probably the collar and front embellishment on her dress, a little lace appears at her left wrist, as well. Her hair is worn up and is held by a black bonnet with long ribbbons, the one visible on her right side goes behind her ear. The ribbons are gathered in a large bow at her neck and drape over the fall of lace. The stile and top slat of a chair are visible over her left shoulder and appear to be of a very plain type.Exhibition History"Exhibition of Paintings by George Bellows", no. 16, M. Knoedler and Co., New York, March 1919.

Mystic Connecticut (according to the artist's record book)

"Ninth Annual Exhibition: Paintings and Sculpture", no. 13, Randolph-Macon Women's College, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1920.

"Paintings and Drawings by George Bellows", no. 14, H.V. Allison & Co., Inc., New York, 1954.

"Treasure House: Museums of the Empire State", Robertson Center for the Arts and Sciences, Binghamton, NY, New York State Museum, Albany, NY, 1979-80.

"American Portraiture from the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries". Hoopes Gallery, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, July 30, 2006-Nov. 6, 2006. [a dossier exhibition centered on the Eakins portrait 'Elizabeth at the Piano' on loan from the Addison Gallery at Phillips-Andover Academy, in Andover, MA. in exchange for Eakins's H.O. Tanner portrait] (There is no exhibition file)

"50 at 50: Five Decades of Collecting at the Hyde". Wood Gallery, Education Wing, Hyde House, The Hyde Collection. Glens Falls, January 16, 2013 -April 14, 2013Provenance1925, New York, NY, Emma S. Bellows, wife of artist (by inheritance)
1959, New York, NY, Estate of Emma S. Bellows
1968, New York, NY, H.V. Allison & Co.
1969, New York, NY James Goodman Gallery
1969, New York, NY, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York
1969, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust