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Dempsey and Firpo / Bolton Brown imp. ; Geo. Bellows. – Antique Print

Dempsey and Firpo / Bolton Brown imp. ; Geo. Bellows., [1923 or 1924] — antique lithograph
Dempsey and Firpo / Bolton Brown imp. ; Geo. Bellows., [1923 or 1924]. Antique lithograph from the Sports collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: Dempsey and Firpo / Bolton Brown imp. ; Geo. Bellows., preserved in this antique lithograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Dempsey and Firpo / Bolton Brown imp. ; Geo. Bellows.

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This print shows the September 1923 heavyweight bout at the Polo Grounds in New York, where Jack Dempsey fought the Argentine challenger Luis Firpo. The fight became famous when Firpo knocked Dempsey through the ropes and onto the ringside press tables in the first round, and Dempsey climbed back in to win by knockout in the second. George Bellows, known for his urban scenes and boxing paintings, turned the moment into a lithograph printed by Bolton Brown, the lithographer who worked with Bellows on many of his stone prints. The sheet is signed in pencil by the artist, and the crowded, churning composition captures the chaos of the event.

Created / published[1923 or 1924]
Medium1 print : lithograph.
GenreLithographs 1920-1930.
NotesSigned in pencil. Mason, no. 181 Myers, no. 117
SubjectsDempsey, Jack,--1895-1983. Firpo, Luis. Boxing--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,473 × 1,169 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-218653

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