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 exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. 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
- Exhibition poster of a Ashcan School painting
- Era
- 20th century (1907)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- living room, study or library, dining room, hallway or entryway
- 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. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
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
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.



































