Forty-two Kids
1907 · Oil on canvas · National Gallery of Art, Washington
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About this work
- Artist
- George Bellows (1882–1925)
- Year
- 1907
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 106.7 × 153 cm
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art, Washington
- Movement
- Ashcan School
A crowd of boys, many of them naked, dive, swim, sunbathe and horse about on a ramshackle pier on the East River in New York on a summer evening. Bellows painted it in 1907, while still a student of Robert Henri, and its rough, quick brushwork and unglamorous subject made it a manifesto of the new urban realism. It was long in the Corcoran Gallery of Art and is now in the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
This full-bleed edition prints the work edge to edge from a high-resolution scan of the original, very slightly cropped (a few percent at most) to fit the sheet. The gallery edition shows the whole work, uncropped. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A lively, dark summer river scene for a study or living room, framed in black. It suits charcoal, deep green or white walls. Not for children's rooms.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Ashcan School painting
- Era
- 20th century (1907)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- living room, study or library, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 18×12, 24×16, 36×24 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard; 36×24 as the statement piece above a sofa or headboard.
Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or dark wood frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
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.
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
