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Business Men's Class (Business Men's Class, Y.M.C.A.)

George Wesley Bellows

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

Bellows, gifted with a tall, athletic body, was a talented basketball player and semiprofessional baseball player before becoming an artist. Here he shows a comic disdain for a motley group of ungainly businessmen attempting to improve their physiques in a class at the YMCA.

Caption

George Wesley Bellows (American, 1882–1925). Business Men's Class (Business Men's Class, Y.M.C.A.), 1916. Lithograph on wove paper, Sheet: 16 x 23 11/16 in. (40.6 x 60.2 cm) Image: 11 1/2 x 17 1/4 in. (29.2 x 43.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Chester Dale, 63.155.10. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Business Men's Class (Business Men's Class, Y.M.C.A.)

Date

1916

Medium

Lithograph on wove paper

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Sheet: 16 x 23 11/16 in. (40.6 x 60.2 cm) Image: 11 1/2 x 17 1/4 in. (29.2 x 43.8 cm)

Signatures

Signed, "Geo. Bellows" lower right margin in pencil

Credit Line

Gift of Chester Dale

Accession Number

63.155.10

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Artists and makers

George Wesley Bellows

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