Splendidly sturdy George Bellows nude is bought by Barber Institute

Miss Bentham, once owned by Andy Warhol, becomes second work by the American painter to enter a British collectionThe splendidly sturdy Miss Bentham, a painting by the American George Bellows which was once owned by Andy Warhol, has become the first nude acquired by the renowned collection of the Barber Institute in Birmingham, where she joins works by Botticelli, Rubens, Van Dyck, Van Gogh and Picasso.It is only the second work by the painter, regarded as one of the greatest of early 20th centu