About the Artwork
The Christ of the Wheel
1923
George Wesley Bellows (Artist) American, 1882-1925 Bolton Brown (Printer) American, 1865-1936
Lithograph printed in black ink on wove paper
Image: 18 1/2 × 14 3/4 inches (47 × 37.5 cm) Sheet: 25 × 20 5/8 inches (63.5 × 52.4 cm)
Prints
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
City of Detroit Purchase
25.124
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Markings
Signed, on stone, lower center: Geo Bellows Signed, in pencil, lower right: Geo Bellows Signed, lower left: Bolton Brown-imp-
Inscribed, in pencil, lower center: The Christ of the wheel Inscribed, lower left corner: B7
Provenance
1925-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
George Wesley Bellows, The Christ of the Wheel, 1923, lithograph printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 25.124.
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