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Winslow Homer, Fresh Eggs, 1874, watercolor, gouache, and graphite on wove paper, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1994.59.26

Fresh Eggs

Winslow Homer · 1874 · watercolor, gouache, and graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1994.59.26

Two men with pale skin, wearing white sleeveless shirts and royal-blue caps, row in unison in a long, narrow boat on a placid blue river in this horizontal landscape painting. The low, honey-colored wooden boat extends off both sides of the canvas. Both men face our left as they row to our right. The man in front looks ahead of him, beyond the stern of the boat, and the man to our right, closer to the bow, tucks his chin down to look past his shoulder. Their bare, muscled arms are extended straight as the two oars sweep back. The tip of another boat runs close and parallel to the bottom edge of the composition, spanning the left three-quarters of the painting. The opposite riverbank is lined with a dense forest of pine-green trees. People crowd along the decks of a steamboat and a paddleboat near the riverbank to our left. Another narrow skuller, rowed by four people wearing ruby-red shirts, cuts through the water at the back center of the river. The riverbank beyond is lined with people, painted with strokes of black and white, and minuscule touches of red. The horizon comes halfway up the composition. Cream-white clouds float across a muted, topaz-blue sky above the trees.
Thomas Eakins, The Biglin Brothers Racing, 1872, oil on canvas, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, 1953.7.1

The Biglin Brothers Racing

Thomas Eakins · 1872 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1953.7.1

Reginald Marsh, Two Girls Walking to Right, 1943, engraving in black [restrike], Avalon Fund, 1970.12.30

Two Girls Walking to Right

Reginald Marsh · 1943 · engraving in black [restrike] ·  Accession ID  1970.12.30

Reginald Marsh, Battery (Belles), 1938, etching and engraving in black [restrike], Avalon Fund, 1970.12.20

Battery (Belles)

Reginald Marsh · 1938 · etching and engraving in black [restrike] ·  Accession ID  1970.12.20

Reginald Marsh, Merry-Go-Round, 1930, etching in black [restrike], Avalon Fund, 1970.12.3

Merry-Go-Round

Reginald Marsh · 1930 · etching in black [restrike] ·  Accession ID  1970.12.3

Reginald Marsh, Merry-Go-Round, 1938, engraving in black [restrike], Avalon Fund, 1970.12.21

Merry-Go-Round

Reginald Marsh · 1938 · engraving in black [restrike] ·  Accession ID  1970.12.21

Reginald Marsh, Merry-Go-Round, 1940, engraving in black [restrike], Avalon Fund, 1970.12.27

Merry-Go-Round

Reginald Marsh · 1940 · engraving in black [restrike] ·  Accession ID  1970.12.27

Reginald Marsh, Coney Island Beach #1, 1939, etching in black [restrike], Avalon Fund, 1970.12.25

Coney Island Beach #1

Reginald Marsh · 1939 · etching in black [restrike] ·  Accession ID  1970.12.25

Reginald Marsh, Minksy's New Gotham Chorus, 1936, etching in black [restrike], Avalon Fund, 1970.12.18

Minksy's New Gotham Chorus

Reginald Marsh · 1936 · etching in black [restrike] ·  Accession ID  1970.12.18

Reginald Marsh, Modern 1939 Venus, 1939, etching and engraving in black [restrike], Avalon Fund, 1970.12.23

Modern 1939 Venus

Reginald Marsh · 1939 · etching and engraving in black [restrike] ·  Accession ID  1970.12.23