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Source Description
In addition to leisure and recreation, city parks provided a place where couples could spend time together away from families and crowded apartments. Emphasizing the murky black of the night, George Bellows used tusche, a greasy ink, layered over lithographic crayon to create the mood of this print of park benches full of couples too absorbed in each other to notice anyone around them. A solitary man along the left edge is both physically and psychologically isolated from the others. Bellows often placed observers in his prints to suggest a connection between them and the viewer.
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Document identity
localId
115869
label
Solitude
core
obj
dtoType
print
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
115869
contentType
print
title
Solitude
description
In addition to leisure and recreation, city parks provided a place where couples could spend time together away from families and crowded apartments. Emphasizing the murky black of the night, George Bellows used tusche, a greasy ink, layered over lithographic crayon to create the mood of this print of park benches full of couples too absorbed in each other to notice anyone around them. A solitary man along the left edge is both physically and psychologically isolated from the others. Bellows often placed observers in his prints to suggest a connection between them and the viewer.
date
1917
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80009949
creators
3005
genreSpecific
Print
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Platemark: 43.3 x 39 cm (17 1/16 x 15 3/8 in.); Sheet: 60.8 x 54.7 cm (23 15/16 x 21 9/16 in.)
cul
America
accession
1936.58
Source extras
tec
lithograph
tombstone
Solitude, 1917. George Bellows (American, 1882–1925). Lithograph; platemark: 43.3 x 39 cm (17 1/16 x 15 3/8 in.); sheet: 60.8 x 54.7 cm (23 15/16 x 21 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., 1936.580
collection
PR - Lithograph
inscriptions
inscription
In graphite, lower left, recto: "No 20"
inscription
In graphite, center, recto: "Solitude"
inscription
In graphite, lower right, recto: "Geo. Bellows"
formerAccessionNumbers
1728.1926
didYouKnow
The benches in this image are a specific type called the “Central Park settee.”
citations
citation
Peters, Emily J. “People Watching: Curator Emily Peters introduces the upcoming show featuring artists of the early 20th-century Ashcan School.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>61, no. 2 (Spring 2021): 27-29.
page_number
Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 28.
catalogueRaisonne
Mason 37
creditline
Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr.
updatedAt
2026-05-29 06:03:22.593000
sourceId
115869
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Prints
coll
PR - Lithograph
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lithograph
creatorTags
male
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image_url
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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47e7d4c8d0c66edd