George Bellows

Dempsey and Firpo

1923–1924

A boxer hauls his opponent over the ropes as the fallen fighter tumbles into the crowd.
A boxer hauls his opponent over the ropes as the fallen fighter tumbles into the crowd.

George Bellows, Dempsey and Firpo, 1923–1924. Lithograph, sheet: 21 7/16 × 25 1/8 in. (54.5 × 63.8 cm) Image: 18 1/8 × 22 7/16 in. (46 × 57 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, in honor of Charles Simon, with funds given by his friends from Salomon Brothers on the occasion of his 75th birthday 88.16

Recto

Not on view

Date
1923–1924

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 21 7/16 × 25 1/8 in. (54.5 × 63.8 cm) Image: 18 1/8 × 22 7/16 in. (46 × 57 cm)

Accession number
88.16

Edition
Ed. 103

Publication
Printed by Bolton Brown

Credit line
Purchase, in honor of Charles Simon, with funds given by his friends from Salomon Brothers on the occasion of his 75th birthday

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

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