Two Guides
1877 · Oil on canvas · Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
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About this work
- Artist
- Winslow Homer (1836–1910)
- Year
- 1877
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 61.6 × 97.2 cm
- Collection
- Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
- Movement
- Realism
Two hunting guides stand on a high ridge in the Adirondacks, the older man pointing out across the valley while the younger listens, axe in hand, as clouds drift over the mountains behind them. The figures are thought to be the Keene Valley guides Orson Phelps and Monroe Holt, whom Homer knew from his visits to the region. Their red shirts are the brightest notes in a landscape of moss green, grey and brown. The painting was bought by Sterling Clark in 1916 and is now at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A mountain scene in moss green, grey and red for a cabin, study or entrance hall in a dark wood frame. It suits sage, stone or warm white walls at 24×36 and pairs with Homer's Adirondacks Guide.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Realism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1877)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- study or library, living room, dining room, dorm room, hallway or entryway
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
