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The exposed abdomen of the retreating fighter — taut, pale, vulnerable — the softest part of the body offered to the darkness. Bellows leaves this region almost abstractly rendered, the flesh a blur of cream and rose, as if the body is dissolving under the force of contact. The stomach as site of exposure.
George Bellows (American, 1882–1925)
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The exposed abdomen of the retreating fighter — taut, pale, vulnerable — the softest part of the body offered to the darkness. Bellows leaves this region almost abstractly rendered, the flesh a blur of cream and rose, as if the body is dissolving under the force of contact. The stomach as site of exposure.
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FragmentStomachResolution