The Germans Arrive or Made in Germany

Lithograph

1918

Signed by the artist's daughter, Jean Bellows Booth (JBB)

Annotated in pencil lower left: "No. 66"

Edition: possibly 70

From the War Series

According to Mason, this print was used as an advertisement for U. S. Government Bonds Fourth Liberty Loan, which appeared on the inside back cover of Collier's Magazine, September 28, 1918.

Provenance Bellows Family Trust

Bibliography Lauris Mason; assisted by Joan Ludman, The Lithographs of George Bellows: A Catalogue Raisonne (New York: KTO Press, 1977), 59.

Jane Myers and Linda Ayres, George Bellows: The Artist and His Lithographs 1916-1924 (Ft. Worth, TX: Amon Carter Museum, 1988), p. 61.

Chine-collé mounted to wove paper. A dark, rich impression. Slight wrinkling in the lower left margin.

Sheet: 17 3/8 x 27 3/4"
Image: 15 3/4 x 25 7/8"
Mount: 24 7/8 x 38 1/8"

BFT1400

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