| Taking the Count | |
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| Artist | Thomas Eakins |
| Year | 1898 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 264.2 cm × 235 cm (104.0 in × 93 in) |
| Location | Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven |
Taking the Count is an 1898 painting by American artist Thomas Eakins. It is part of the collection of the Yale University Art Gallery, in New Haven.[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]
- ^ "Taking the Count | Yale University Art Gallery". Archived from the original on 2016-11-20. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
- ^ Goodrich, Lloyd, Thomas Eakins, Vol. II (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1982), p. 147. ISBN 0-674-88490-6
- ^ Goodrich, Vol. II, op. cit., p. 149.