Stag at Sharkey's (Q3425144)
Label from: English (en)
movement:
Ashcan School (Q724976)
artist:
George Bellows (Q167132)
collection:
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location:
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
country of origin:
United States of America (Q30)
depicts:
combat (Q650711)
boxing (Q32112)
boxing ring (Q2290113)
boxer (Q11338576)
referee (Q202648)
man (Q8441)
New York City (Q60)
navel (Q43801)
instance of:
painting (Q3305213)
Google Arts & Culture asset ID:
nwFUxb6PGRBSBA
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture control number:
IAP 41000036
catalog URL: https://clevelandart.org/art/1922.1133
information from the Cleveland Museum of Art catalog
description: Bellows was no stranger to Sharkey’s Athletic Club, a raucous saloon with a backroom boxing ring, located near his studio. Founded by Tom “Sailor” Sharkey, an ex-fighter who had also served in the US Navy, the club attracted men seeking to watch or participate in matches. Because public boxing was illegal in New York at the time, a private event had to be arranged in order for a bout to take place. Participation was usually limited to members of a particular club, but whenever an outsider competed, he was given temporary membership and known as a “stag.” Although boxing had its share of detractors who considered it uncouth at best or barbaric at worst, its proponents—among them President Theodore Roosevelt—regarded it a healthy manifestation of manliness. Around the time Bellows painted
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