Two Ladies
1880
Medium
Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
6 15/16 x 7 15/16 in. (17.6 x 20.2 cm)
Classification
Watercolor
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Estate of Florence Baird Meyer, in her memory, 1918
Accession Number
18.123.3
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About the Artist
Winslow Homer · 1836–1910
Winslow Homer (1836-1910) was one of America's greatest painters and a preeminent figure in 19th-century American art. Largely self-taught, Homer began his career as a commercial illustrator and Civil War correspondent for Harper's Weekly before becoming renowned for his powerful marine subjects and landscape paintings. His mastery of both oil and watercolor, combined with his uncompromising reali...