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'''''Taking the Count''''' is an 1898 painting by American artist [[Thomas Eakins]]. It is part of the collection of the Yale University Art Gallery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/5463|title=Taking the Count &#124; Yale University Art Gallery|access-date=2016-09-21|archive-date=2016-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120213440/http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/5463|url-status=live}}</ref>
'''''Taking the Count''''' is an 1898 painting by American artist [[Thomas Eakins]]. It is part of the collection of the [[Yale University Art Gallery]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/5463|title=Taking the Count &#124; Yale University Art Gallery|access-date=2016-09-21|archive-date=2016-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120213440/http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/5463|url-status=live}}</ref>


This depiction of a [[prizefight]] marks Eakins' return to anatomical studies of the male figure, this time in a more urban setting. ''Taking the Count'' was his second largest canvas, but not his most successful composition.<ref>Goodrich, Lloyd, ''Thomas Eakins'', Vol. II (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1982), p. 147. {{ISBN|0-674-88490-6}}</ref> The same may be said of his ''[[Wrestlers (Eakins)|Wrestlers]]'' (1899). More successful was ''[[Between Rounds]]'' (1899), for which boxer Billy Smith posed seated in his corner at [[Philadelphia]]'s Arena; in fact, all of principal figures in this composition were posed by models re-enacting what had been an actual [[boxing]] match.<ref>Goodrich, Vol. II, ''op. cit.,'' p. 149.</ref>
This depiction of a [[prizefight]] marks Eakins' return to anatomical studies of the male figure, this time in a more urban setting. ''Taking the Count'' was his second largest canvas, but not his most successful composition.<ref>Goodrich, Lloyd, ''Thomas Eakins'', Vol. II (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1982), p. 147. {{ISBN|0-674-88490-6}}</ref> The same may be said of his ''[[Wrestlers (Eakins)|Wrestlers]]'' (1899). More successful was ''[[Between Rounds]]'' (1899), for which boxer Billy Smith posed seated in his corner at [[Philadelphia]]'s Arena; in fact, all of principal figures in this composition were posed by models re-enacting what had been an actual [[boxing]] match.<ref>Goodrich, Vol. II, ''op. cit.,'' p. 149.</ref>
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Revision as of 22:52, 24 November 2023

Taking the Count
ArtistThomas Eakins
Year1898 (1898)
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions264.2 cm × 235 cm (104.0 in × 93 in)
LocationYale University Art Gallery

Taking the Count is an 1898 painting by American artist Thomas Eakins. It is part of the collection of the Yale University Art Gallery.[1]

This depiction of a prizefight marks Eakins' return to anatomical studies of the male figure, this time in a more urban setting. Taking the Count was his second largest canvas, but not his most successful composition.[2] The same may be said of his Wrestlers (1899). More successful was Between Rounds (1899), for which boxer Billy Smith posed seated in his corner at Philadelphia's Arena; in fact, all of principal figures in this composition were posed by models re-enacting what had been an actual boxing match.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Taking the Count | Yale University Art Gallery". Archived from the original on 2016-11-20. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  2. ^ Goodrich, Lloyd, Thomas Eakins, Vol. II (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1982), p. 147. ISBN 0-674-88490-6
  3. ^ Goodrich, Vol. II, op. cit., p. 149.