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George Bellows — Electrocution, first state
George Bellows

Electrocution, first state

1917

A powerful anti-capital punishment statement rendered in stark black and white, capturing the brutal reality of state-sanctioned execution with unflinching directness.

Medium
lithograph

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George Bellows, Electrocution, first state, 1917

A powerful anti-capital punishment statement rendered in stark black and white, capturing the brutal reality of state-sanctioned execution with unflinching directness.

Medium
lithograph
Year
1917
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Figure, American, Dark Tones, Social Commentary, Intense, Narrative, Realism, Modern, Drama, Lithograph

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