Cliff Dwellers
1913 · Oil on canvas · Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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About this work
- Artist
- George Bellows (1882–1925)
- Year
- 1913
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 102.1 × 106.83 cm
- Collection
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- Movement
- Ashcan School
Tenement dwellers on the Lower East Side of New York pour out onto the street and fire escapes on a hot summer day, with washing hung between the buildings, children playing and a streetcar pushing through the crowd. Bellows painted it in 1913, the year he showed at the Armory Show; the title compares the tenements to the cliff dwellings of the American Southwest. It is in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A crowded, warm-toned city street for a hallway, study or office in a black frame. It suits white, brick or deep green walls and pairs with Bellows's New York.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Ashcan School painting
- Era
- 20th century (1913)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- hallway or entryway, study or library, home office, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — dark wood flatters the lighter palette; black sharpens it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
