The Lone Tenement is one of the gritty studies of New York's urban poor that helped to launch Bellows' career as a young artist. On moving to the city in 1904 he became a student of Robert Henri, a leading figure in the Ashcan School, who "wanted art to be akin to journalism...wanted paint to be as real as mud, as the clods of horse-shit and snow, that froze on Broadway in the winter." Bellows therefore sought to depict American society in all its stark reality, unadorned by the sentimentality and romanticism that had characterized Victorian era representations of the poor and working class. 

The Ibis’s giclée process uses archival pigment inks on 100% cotton rag paper to achieve crisp detail and rich, lasting color. Unlike posters, they will not yellow with time, but will maintain their original quality for as long as you own them.

All of The Ibis's prints come with a 100% happiness guarantee. If you are disappointed in your purchase for any reason, you are welcome to return it for a full refund.