Auction on
19 September 2019 - 10:30 (CEST) -
104, East 25th Street - NY-10010 New York
This composition, certainly George Bellows' most famous, immortalises the 1923 fight between the Argentinian boxer Luis Firpo and the world heavyweight champion, the American Jack Dempsey.
George Bellows (1882-1925), Dempsey and Firpo, 1923-1924, lithograph on cream paper (unnumbered edition of 103), 45.72 x 56.86 cm. Estimate: $30,000/50,000
George Bellows (1882-1925), Dempsey and Firpo, 1923-1924, lithograph on cream paper (unnumbered edition of 103), 45.72 x 56.86 cm. Estimate: $30,000/50,000
New York, 14 September 1923: early in the first round, Luis Firpo (1894-1960), dubbed the Wild Bull of the Pampas, was floored seven times by Jack Dempsey (1895-1983), the Manassa Mauler. After that,…
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