Society attends a big fight at Madison Square Garden, New York.
-George Bellows
Of all the prize fight lithographs created by George Bellows, Preliminaries
(also called Preliminaries to the Big Bout) is the only one which includes women.
The focus of this composition is the well-dressed society men and women attending the
bout, rather than the boxers in the background.
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An American Pulse: The
Lithographs of George Wesley Bellows.
