Wrestlers (Eakins)

Wrestlers
G-317.
Year	1899
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	48 3/8 x 60 in (122.87 x 152.4 cm)
Location	Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles

Wrestlers is a name shared by three closely related 1899 paintings by American artist Thomas Eakins, (Goodrich catalog #317, #318, #319). The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) owns the finished painting (G-317), and the oil sketch (G-318). The Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) owns a slightly smaller unfinished version (G-319). All three works depict a pair of nearly naked men engaged in a wrestling match. The setting for the finished painting is the Quaker City Barge Club (defunct), which once stood on Philadelphia's Boathouse Row.^[1]