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Bellows

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WA-00203874

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Tier 1 · Institutional85%

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Bellows are a device constructed to expel a controlled blast of air. The simplest type consists of a flexible bag comprising a pair of rigid boards with handles joined by flexible leather sides enclosing an approximately airtight cavity which can be expanded and contracted by operating the handles, and fitted with a valve allowing air to fill the cavity when expanded, and with a tube through which the air is forced out in a stream when the cavity is compressed. It has many applications, in particular blowing on a fire to supply it with air.

Source: Artsy · Trust score: 85% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (10)

The Holdup, first state

1921 · lithograph

Platemark: 28 x 21.6 cm (11 x 8 1/2 in.); Sheet: 32.8 x 26.5 cm (12 15/16 x 10 7/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

In the Subway

1921 · lithograph

Platemark: 21.4 x 17.8 cm (8 7/16 x 7 in.); Sheet: 24.7 x 20.4 cm (9 3/4 x 8 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Self-Portrait

1921 · lithograph

Sheet: 29.7 x 22.6 cm (11 11/16 x 8 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Business Men's Class

1916 · lithograph

Sheet: 54.1 x 70 cm (21 5/16 x 27 9/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Splinter Beach

1916 · lithograph

Platemark: 37.5 x 49.9 cm (14 3/4 x 19 5/8 in.); Sheet: 60.6 x 80.2 cm (23 7/8 x 31 9/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Boy in a Blue Coat

1915 · oil on canvas

Unframed: 91.5 x 61 cm (36 x 24 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Love of Winter

1914 · Oil on canvas

81.6 × 101.6 cm (32 1/2 × 40 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Counted Out

1912 · Lithographic crayon and charcoal, with brush and black ink, scraping and smudging, over touches of graphite on cut and pieced cream wove papers, laid down on ivory wove paper

64.8 × 52.6 cm (25 9/16 × 20 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Stag at Sharkey's

1909 · oil on canvas

Framed: 110 x 140.5 x 8.5 cm (43 5/16 x 55 5/16 x 3 3/8 in.); Unframed: 92 x 122.6 cm (36 1/4 x 48 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Dance at Insane Asylum

1907 · Charcoal, with stumping, pen and black ink, brown crayon, and touches of white chalk on ivory wove paper

48 × 63 cm (18 15/16 × 24 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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10 published of 10 catalogued · 10 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published7 img
Art Institute Chicago
3 published3 img

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7 entries · 1 sources

The Holdup, first state
1921 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Stag at Sharkey's
1909 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Splinter Beach
1916 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
In the Subway
1921 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Business Men's Class
1916 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Self-Portrait
1921 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Boy in a Blue Coat
1915 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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