This painting shows a young girl standing and facing forward. She is holding an open, dark-colored parasol with one hand and a small, indistinct object with the other hand. She stands on a red carpet, and the open top of the parasol rests on the floor. The girl has pale yellow skin, bright blue eyes, and wavy blonde hair under a black cap. She is wearing a dark green pinafore over a white blouse with lace details, white stockings, and black shoes. In the background, there is a blue wall with a green curtain on the right side. A vase with red flowers is partially visible on the ground to the right.
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This painting shows a young girl standing and facing forward. She is holding an open, dark-colored parasol with one hand and a small, indistinct object with the other hand. She stands on a red carpet, and the open top of the parasol rests on the floor. The girl has pale yellow skin, bright blue eyes, and wavy blonde hair under a black cap. She is wearing a dark green pinafore over a white blouse with lace details, white stockings, and black shoes. In the background, there is a blue wall with a green curtain on the right side. A vase with red flowers is partially visible on the ground to the right.

National Gallery of Art · Painting

Anne with a Japanese Parasol

George Bellows

Date
1917
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 150.1 x 91.7 cm (59 1/8 x 36 1/8 in.) framed: 168.9 x 111.8 x 6.4 cm (66 1/2 x 44 x 2 1/2 in.)
Classification
Painting
Accession number
1983.1.1
Credit line
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Time span
1901 to 1925
Department
CAB

Subjects and terms

  • painted surface
  • girl
  • portrait
  • American
  • American Paintings of the Twentieth Century, Part I: Early American Modernism, 1900-1950 (NGA Online Editions)
  • Realist
  • Bellows, Anne
Provenance

The artist [1882-1925]; by inheritance to his wife, Emma S. Bellows [1884-1959]; her estate; purchased June 1964 through (H.V. Allison & Co., New York) by Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia; gift 1983 to NGA.

Inscription

lower right in red: Geo Bellows; upper left in dark blue: Geo Bellows

NGA object ID 61351. 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.