Base Hospital (Second Stone)

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Base Hospital (Second Stone)

1918

George Bellows (American, 1882–1925)

Appalled by the horrors of World War I, Bellows began a series of lithographs on stone in 1918 that eventually comprised seventeen prints (the last appeared at the end of 1918, a month after the signing of the armistice). As its title indicates, this print is a revision of an earlier lithograph that was abandoned. In both prints a physician works on the shoulder of a wounded soldier in a dressing station set up inside a cathedral.

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Object Details

Title:

Base Hospital (Second Stone)
Base Hospital No. 2, From the series War

Date:

1918

Artist:

George Bellows (American, 1882–1925)

Medium:

Lithograph

Dimensions:

Image: 17 1/2 x 13 3/8 inches (44.5 x 34 cm) Sheet: 25 13/16 x 18 7/8 inches (65.5 x 48 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Purchased with the SmithKline Beckman Corporation Fund, 1980

Accession Number:

1980-52-1

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