Fishing Boats, Key West
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Details
- Artist
- Winslow Homer
- Date
- 1903
- Dimensions
- 13 15/16 x 21 3/4 in. (35.4 x 55.2 cm) Framed: 24 1/2 x 30 1/2 in. (62.2 x 77.5 cm)
- Origin
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Palette
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- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Amelia B. Lazarus Fund, 1910
Art Genome Taxonomy
8 tags
Subject Matter
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Nautical Both · 100%
Several sailing and fishing vessels, masts, sails, and rigging dominate the composition; the catalog subject is Boats and the title identifies Fishing Boats, Key West.
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Waterscapes Visual · 99%
A broad expanse of blue water occupies the lower half of the image, with numerous white reflective passages and ripples.
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Movement Visual · 86%
The clustered vessels and rigging create visible activity, while sails and figures appear engaged with the boats and their equipment.
Visual Qualities
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Dense Composition Visual · 94%
Multiple overlapping boats, sails, masts, ropes, and figures create a tightly packed composition with strong vertical and diagonal lines.
Medium and Techniques
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Watercolor Both · 99%
The work visibly consists of transparent watercolor washes on paper, and the catalog identifies the medium as watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper.
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Work on Paper Both · 99%
The catalog identifies the support as off-white wove paper, and the image visibly shows a work executed on a paper sheet.
Time Periods
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1900 - 1917 Art Metadata · 100%
The catalog dates the work to 1903, within the 1900–1917 period.
Geographic Regions
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American Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog identifies the place of origin as American and identifies Homer as an American artist.
Source & rights
Winslow Homer. Fishing Boats, Key West. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
High-resolution sources
- Original image ↗ 3,811 × 2,449 · Metropolitan Museum Of Art · Available