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A View From The Rubble

  • Kevin Charnas

The Swimming Hole Photo

August 27, 2009 by Kevin Charnas in Summer, Thomas Eakins

Eakins's Students at the Site of The Swimming Hole, 1883
Thomas Eakins
Albumen print, 6.1"x7.8"
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Thomas Eakins Collection
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

The site that inspired the painting.

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August 27, 2009 /Kevin Charnas
Summer, Thomas Eakins

It's Still August, Damn It...

August 25, 2009 by Kevin Charnas in August Days, The Swimming Hole, Thomas Eakins


"The Swimming Hole" by Thomas Eakins
1884-85
Oil on canvas
27 3/8 x 36 3/8 in. (69.5 x 92.4 cm)
Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas

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August 25, 2009 /Kevin Charnas
August Days, The Swimming Hole, Thomas Eakins

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