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[[File:Bellows George Dempsey and Firpo 1924.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[George Bellows]], ''[[Dempsey and Firpo]]'' (1924), [[Whitney Museum of American Art]]]]
'''Dempsey and Firpo''' (sometimes referred to as ''Dempsey Through The Ropes'' <ref>http://bit.ly/2GmRkjP) is a 1923-1924 oil canvas painting by [[George Bellows]], depicting [[Jack Dempsey vs. Luis Ángel Firpo|the September 14, 1923 boxing match]] between [[Jack Dempsey]] and [[Luis Firpo]]. As time passed by it has become Bellows' most famous painting. <ref>http://bit.ly/2ItlnYt work is in the collection of the [[Whitney Museum of Art]] since the museum's opening in 1931. <ref>http://bit.ly/2Gk32vg>
==The painting==
The painting depicts the dramatic moment when Firpo knocked Dempsey out of the ring, despite the fact that Dempsey was the eventual winner that night. Bellows gave himself a cameo as the balding man at the extreme left of the picture. <ref>http://bit.ly/2IviZ3o> The work is painting in the style of the [[Ashcan School]] movement.
==In popular culture==
The painting is referenced in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode ''[[The Homer They Fall]]'' during a montage of [[Homer Simpson]] winning boxing matches, where he and [[Moe Syzlak]] taking the poses of respectively Firpo and the referee. <ref>http://bit.ly/2GkhpQm>
==Sources==
==See also==
* [[Jack Dempsey vs. Luis Ángel Firpo]]
===External links===
* [http://bit.ly/2IuqFmz Whitney Museum official page about the painting.]
* [http://bit.ly/2Gl8Q81 About the work.]
[[Category:Modern paintings]]
[[Category:1923 paintings]]
[[Category:1924 paintings]]
[[Category:Boxing media]]
[[Category:Boxing in art]]
[[Category:Sports paintings]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Jack Dempsey]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Argentine people]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of sportspeople]]
[[Category:Paintings by George Bellows]]
[[Category:Paintings of the Whitney Museum of American Art]]
'''Dempsey and Firpo''' (sometimes referred to as ''Dempsey Through The Ropes'' <ref>http://bit.ly/2GmRkjP) is a 1923-1924 oil canvas painting by [[George Bellows]], depicting [[Jack Dempsey vs. Luis Ángel Firpo|the September 14, 1923 boxing match]] between [[Jack Dempsey]] and [[Luis Firpo]]. As time passed by it has become Bellows' most famous painting. <ref>http://bit.ly/2ItlnYt work is in the collection of the [[Whitney Museum of Art]] since the museum's opening in 1931. <ref>http://bit.ly/2Gk32vg>
==The painting==
The painting depicts the dramatic moment when Firpo knocked Dempsey out of the ring, despite the fact that Dempsey was the eventual winner that night. Bellows gave himself a cameo as the balding man at the extreme left of the picture. <ref>http://bit.ly/2IviZ3o> The work is painting in the style of the [[Ashcan School]] movement.
==In popular culture==
The painting is referenced in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode ''[[The Homer They Fall]]'' during a montage of [[Homer Simpson]] winning boxing matches, where he and [[Moe Syzlak]] taking the poses of respectively Firpo and the referee. <ref>http://bit.ly/2GkhpQm>
==Sources==
==See also==
* [[Jack Dempsey vs. Luis Ángel Firpo]]
===External links===
* [http://bit.ly/2IuqFmz Whitney Museum official page about the painting.]
* [http://bit.ly/2Gl8Q81 About the work.]
[[Category:Modern paintings]]
[[Category:1923 paintings]]
[[Category:1924 paintings]]
[[Category:Boxing media]]
[[Category:Boxing in art]]
[[Category:Sports paintings]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Jack Dempsey]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Argentine people]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of sportspeople]]
[[Category:Paintings by George Bellows]]
[[Category:Paintings of the Whitney Museum of American Art]]
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