Max Schmitt in a Single Scull | |
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Artist | Thomas Eakins |
Year | 1871 |
Catalogue | G-44 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 82.6 cm × 117.5 cm (32+1⁄2 in × 46+1⁄4 in) |
Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
Max Schmitt in a Single Scull (also known as The Champion Single Sculls or The Champion, Single Sculls) is an 1871 oil-on-canvas painting by the American artist Thomas Eakins, Goodrich catalogue #44. It is in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Set on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, it celebrates Eakins's friend Max Schmitt's victory in the October 5, 1870, single sculls competition.