The Law is Too Slow
(1923) Lithograph Print
25-7/8 x 19-1/4 inches
65.7 x 49 cm.
Image: 17-7/8 x 14-1/2"
$ 5,500.00
Edition: 26
"The Law is Too Slow" was used in the May, 1923 "Century" magazine to illustrate Mary Johnston's story "Nemesis."
This appears to be an unrecorded first state trial proof before changes to the crowd in the upper right and the shading above them. The "(2)" in front of Bolton Brown's signature suggests that this may be the second proof pulled.
A wonderfully luminous impression.
Signed and titled in pencil by the artist, and signed by his printer, Bolton Brown
Annotated: "(2)" in front of Bolton Brown signature
Provenance: Providence Health Foundation, Washington, D. C.
Private Collection, Bethesda, MD
H. V. Allison, Co., New York, NY
Bibliography: Lauris Mason; assisted by Joan Ludman, The Lithographs of George Bellows: A Catalogue Raisonné (New York: KTO Press, 1977), 147
Jane Myers and Linda Ayres, George Bellows: The Artist and His Lithographs 1916-1924 (Ft. Worth, TX: Amon Carter Museum, 1988), 108