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Accession #	24.85
Artist	George Wesley Bellows
Title	The Sand Cart
Date	1917
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	30 1/4 x 44 1/16 in. (76.8 x 111.9 cm) Frame: 38 5/8 x 52 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (98.1 x 134 x 8.9 cm)
Signed	Signed lower left: "Geo Bellows--"
Credit Line	John B. Woodward Memorial Fund
Location	Visible Storage: Case 15, Screen A (Paintings)
Description	In radical contrast to George Bellows's dynamic scenes of New York City's industrial and architectural transformation, this depiction of laborers on the California shoreline shifts his focus to the elemental drama of man and horse in working partnership. The painting was well reviewed in New York soon after it was completed, with one critic deeming it a continuation of the "epic manner of Winslow Homer."

Curatorial Remarks:

In radical contrast to George Bellows's dynamic scenes of New York City's industrial and architectural transformation, this depiction of laborers on the California shoreline shifts his focus to the elemental drama of man and horse in working partnership. The painting was well reviewed in New York soon after it was completed, with one critic deeming it a continuation of the "epic manner of Winslow Homer."