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Two Men and a Boat

James McNeill Whistler

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Brown paper with a white border, rough texture. Two men standing on a beach, both wearing loincloths or no shirts. The man on the left faces right with arms bent and hands gripping a boat. The man on the right faces left, bending down to grip the boat with both hands. The boat between them appears to be upside down. A faint landscape with a horizon line across the top third of the image. A darker area is visible across the top with some tree-like vertical lines. A few short horizontal lines are drawn below the horizon line.

Artwork Details

Medium
Conté crayon and white chalk on brown wove paper
Culture
American
Dimensions
420 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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