Crucifixion of Christ
(1923) Lithograph Print
20-1/8 x 21-7/8 inches
(51.2 x 55.5 cm.)
Image: 18-3/4 x 20-5/8"
$ 2,100.00
Edition: 65
Bellows based this print on a drawing he did for Arthur Conan Doyle's short story, "I Saw Him Crucified," published in "Hearst's International Magazine," in October, 1922.
Signed and titled "Crucifixion" in pencil by the artist, and signed by his printer, Bolton Brown
One brown spot in image on proper left arm of woman (Mary Magdalene?)) to the right of Jesus' cross.
Bibliography: Lauris Mason; assisted by Joan Ludman, The Lithographs of George Bellows: A Catalogue Raisonné (New York: KTO Press, 1977), 146
Jane Myers and Linda Ayres, George Bellows: The Artist and His Lithographs 1916-1924 (Ft. Worth, TX: Amon Carter Museum, 1988), 107