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Seated Boy

George Bellows, c. 1914

Seated Boy by George Bellows
Seated Boy by George Bellows, 21 cm × 25 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

21 cm × 25 cm

About the size of a sheet of A4. You would need 7 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 25 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
25 cm
Width
21 cm
Medium
black crayon
Kind
Drawing
Made in
America
Where the measurement comes from
Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it
Sheet: 25.4 x 20.5 cm (10 x 8 1/16 in.)
Why this differs from the record
Recorded as 21 cm × 25 cm. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit
Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr.

Ask this work

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?
21 cm × 25 cm. About the size of a sheet of A4. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made c. 1914. It is in the public domain, and The Cleveland Museum of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?
Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Cleveland Museum of Art: Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr..
How was it made?
Black crayon, made in America, America.
Who speaks for it?
Its record at The Cleveland Museum of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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