Entre les rounds
from 1898 until 1899
Thomas Eakins drags us right into the sweaty, tense atmosphere of a 19th-century boxing ring. Instead of capturing a flashy knockout punch, this American Realist masterpiece focuses on the quiet, exhausting moment between rounds. A battered fighter slumps on his stool while his corner man preps a towel, and a sharply dressed official keeps a watchful eye from the foreground. Eakins was obsessed with the human body in motion, and here he perfectly nails the heavy, psychological weight of the sport.
- Technique
- Oil on canvas
Location: Philadelphia Museum of Art
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