Stag at Sharkey's
1909 · Oil on canvas · Cleveland Museum of Art
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About this work
- Artist
- George Bellows (1882–1925)
- Year
- 1909
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 92 × 122.6 cm
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Movement
- Ashcan School
Two boxers lunge at each other in a smoky ring at Tom Sharkey's saloon in New York, lit from above, while a crowd of shadowy faces presses around the ropes. Public prizefighting was illegal in New York then, so bouts were held as private 'stag' nights at clubs, with the fighters enrolled as members. Bellows painted it in 1909, and it is his most famous picture. It is in the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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 dramatic, dark boxing scene for a study, home gym, bar or den, framed in black. It suits charcoal, deep red or white walls and is a classic gift for a boxing fan.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Ashcan School painting
- Era
- 20th century (1909)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- study or library, home gym, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 16×12, 24×18, 32×24 in — 16×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×18 above a console or sideboard; 32×24 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.
