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An American Pulse:
Boxing

Dempsey Through the Ropes
Dempsey Through the Ropes, 1923-24
Edition of 30
Mason 182;Bellows 90
Museum purchase, 1997:41
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In this image, the second lithograph of the Dempsey-Firpo fight, Bellows tightened the focus, reducing and simplifying the composition and bringing the viewer almost within the circle of the press members scattering to avoid Dempsey's massive body as it plummeted through the ropes.