Two Ladies

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Artist: Winslow Homer
Date: 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)
Origin: American
Department: The American Wing
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: Pewter Vessel · Gray family · #7E9393 · 23%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #948173 · 18%

Plaster Cast · Gray family · #D2D8E5 · 17%

Graphite Block · Gray family · #425858 · 9%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #A9B1BC · 7%

Faded Damask Teal · Teal family · #587371 · 7%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #A2B2B5 · 5%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #2C383E · 5%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #BFAA9F · 4%

Kiln Ash · Gray family · #60554D · 2%

Granite Face · Gray family · #707063 · 2%

Lead Type · Gray family · #78847A · <1%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #B9B5C6 · <1%

Silverpoint Paper · Gray family · #D7C4C0 · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #353731 · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #3D362F · <1%

Pewter Vessel · Gray family · #918282 · <1%

Silverpoint Paper · Gray family · #CCCABA · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Gift of Estate of Florence Baird Meyer, in her memory, 1918

9 tags

Gender Both · 99%

The Metropolitan Museum of Art lists the subject as women, and the image visibly depicts two women seated together.
Related to Fashion Visual · 91%

Hats, dresses, and other details of clothing are prominent visual elements in the composition.
Eye Contact Visual · 84%

The two figures are oriented toward one another, with their faces and apparent gazes directed across the central space.

19th Century American Paintings and Works on Paper Metadata · 99%

The work is dated 1880, identified as American, and cataloged as a watercolor and graphite work on paper by Winslow Homer.

Patterns Visual · 96%

The central brown upholstery is covered with repeated dark ornamental marks and motifs.

Watercolor Both · 99%

The work is cataloged as watercolor and visibly uses translucent washes and fluid color passages.
Work on Paper Both · 99%

The catalog specifies graphite on off-white wove paper, and linear drawing is visible around the figures, clothing, and furniture.

American Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog records the place of origin as American and identifies Winslow Homer as an American artist.

Chair Visual · 87%

Brown upholstered seating with a chair-like back and seat is clearly visible beneath and between the figures, although the exact number of chairs is uncertain.

Winslow Homer. Two Ladies. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.