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The image shows multiple people gathered in a room. Most individuals are seated around tables, appearing close together. On the right, an older man with a beard and receding hairline is standing and talking to another man in a suit. The older man looks calm yet engaged, while the younger man's face is partly shadowed, making his features less clear. In the foreground, a young child with short dark hair and a thoughtful expression looks at the viewer. The child is dressed in a dark outfit with a white collar. On the left, other people are seated at a table, deeply focused on a possible discussion or activity. The background is dimly lit with a chandelier casting a soft glow. The walls feature framed pictures or portraits, enhancing the atmosphere of an enclosed, possibly elegantly simple space.
National Gallery of Art · Print
Artists' Evening
George Wesley Bellows
- Date
- 1916
- Medium
- lithograph in black on laid paper
- Dimensions
- image: 22.54 × 31.27 cm (8 7/8 × 12 5/16 in.) sheet: 37.62 × 43.97 cm (14 13/16 × 17 5/16 in.)
- Classification
- Accession number
- 2015.19.3197
- Credit line
- Corcoran Collection (Gift of Twin Oak Corporation)
- Time span
- 1901 to 1925
- Department
- CG-W
Subjects and terms
- genre
- portrait
- American
- lithograph
- Restaurant
- New York City
- Portrait
- Interior
- Figures
- Women
- Men
Provenance
Twin Falls Corporation, Great Falls, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2001; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Inscription
lower left in graphite: No. 38; lower center in graphite: Artists Evening.; lower right in graphite: Geo Bellows; lower right corner in graphite by unknown hand: 4 [circled]
NGA object ID 172613. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.