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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. The work is painted in the style of the
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reinterpreted the painting portraying two robots fighting in a painting called "The final blow". This version can be seen as a decoration in the setting of the TV series
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during Tommy DeVito's recount of a mob hit, the scene before Maury is "whacked". With some calling it "the most influential sports painting ever."
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cover for the February 7, 2022, issue recasts the fighters as hockey players.
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a reproduction of the painting can be seen in Rocky's apartment.
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taking the poses of respectively Firpo and the referees.
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George Bellows
Whitney Museum of American Art
George Bellows
the September 14, 1923, boxing match
Jack Dempsey
Luis Firpo
Whitney Museum of Art
Ashcan School
Rocky
The Simpsons
The Homer They Fall
Homer Simpson
Moe Syzlak
Goodfellas
Neirs Tavern
Eric Joyner
The Big Bang Theory
The New Yorker
"Jab Hook's Boxing in Art: "Dempsey Through The Ropes" by George Bellows"
Jack Dempsey: The Manassa Mauler
ISBN
978-0-252-07148-5
"'Dempsey and Firpo': The Greatest American Sports Painting"
"Dempsey and Firpo"
"The 'Simpsons' Guide to Art History"
"Homer Simpson, 'Goodfellas,' and the Most Influential Sports Painting Ever"
"Homer Simpson, 'Goodfellas,' and the Most Influential Sports Painting Ever"
"The Arts in San Jose, CA | 'ROBOTS: EVOLUTION OF A CULTURAL ICON' at San Jose Museum of Art"
"The Final Blow (2003)"

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