Indoor Athlete (1921): Art, History and Details

Indoor Athlete (1921) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is George Bellows (American, 1882–1925).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

The popularity of billiard games reached a peak during the 1920s, at which time there were more than 4,000 private and public poolrooms operating in New York City alone, and more than 40,000 nationwide. Bellows played billiards at the famed Players Club, the National Arts Club, and the Salmagundi Art Club, all in New York.

Object facts

• Title: Indoor Athlete
• Date: 1921
• Creator attribution: George Bellows (American, 1882–1925)
• Culture: America
• Type: Print
• Technique: lithograph
• Collection: PR - Lithograph
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 1936.581

Collection credit

Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr.

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