Hungry Dogs, First Stone
(1916) Lithograph Print
13-7/8 x 10-3/8 inches
35.1 x 26.5 cm.
$2,000.00
Edition: at least 16
One of Bellows' earliest attempts at lithography, Hungry Dogs is based on his 1907 drawing of the same subject. These early, gritty, city images placed Bellows firmly in the "Ashcan School.”
Signed and titled in pencil by the artist
Annotated "No. 2" in pencil lower left
Traces of old mount verso; thin spot in paper 9-1/2" down from top x 2" in from right edge
Bibliography: Jane Myers and Linda Ayres, George Bellows: The Artist and His Lithographs 1916-1924 (Ft. Worth, TX: Amon Carter Museum, 1988), fig. 129, p. 160
Lauris Mason assisted by Joan Ludman, The Lithographs of George Bellows: A Catalogue Raisonné, Revised edition (San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1992), 1A
Lauris Mason; assisted by Joan Ludman, The Lithographs of George Bellows: A Catalogue Raisonné (New York: KTO Press, 1977), 1