Club Night (1907)
George Bellows
Oil on Canvas. American, Realist.
American Paintings of the Twentieth Century, Part I: Early American Modernism, 1900-1950 (NGA Online Editions)
In 1907, prizefighting was illegal in New York. To get around the ban, saloons and so-called athletic clubs staged bouts for 'members only,' charging a membership fee at the door and introducing the f…