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Two Boys Watching Schooners, 1880. Watercolor, with graphite, on moderately thick, rough-textured, ivory wove paper.
Watercolor, with graphite, on moderately thick, rough-textured, ivory wove paper · 22.7 × 34 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Two Boys Watching Schooners
- Artist
- Winslow Homer American, 1836-1910
- Date
- 1880
- Medium
- Watercolor, with graphite, on moderately thick, rough-textured, ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
- 22.7 × 34 cm (8 15/16 × 13 7/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1836–1910
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.