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George Bellows (American, 1882-1925) - The Black Hand

1921

Signed ‘Geo Bellows’ in pencil bottom left; also dedicated ‘to Mrs. Montgomery Hare' in pencil bottom right, brush, charcoal, India ink and wash and pencil on cream wove paper
Sheet size: 19 ¼ x 24 in. (48.9 x 61cm)

This present work was reproduced in The Century Magazine (Vol. 102, October, 1921, no. 6, p. 807) and served as the illustration for The Black Hand, a short story by Marjorie Pickthall (1883-1922), which followed the rescue of a young white man from a shipwreck, who was saved from a certain death by a black French sailor whose auspicious hand is seen emerging from the inky sea.

The Artist.

A gift from the above.

Collection of Montgomery Hare.

By descent in the family.

Swann Galleries, New York, sale of June 4, 2015, lot 112.

Acquired directl