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Eakins Swimming
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Wednesday Oct 14, 2009 (11am–noon)
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Directions: Main Building: Take the 4, 5, or 6 train to 86th Street and walk to Fifth Avenue; OR take the M1, M2, M3, or M4 bus along Fifth Avenue. The Cloisters: Take the A train to 190th Street and walk, or transfer to the M4 bus and ride north one stop.
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Free with museum admission
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The more than 100 paintings in the exhibition American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915 present figural scenes of ordinary people engaged in life's tasks and pleasures by artists ranging from John Singleton Copley to George Bellows. This talk will be given by Stephanie L. Herdrich, research associate at the Met. Meet at the entrance to the Special Exhibition Galleries on the 2nd floor 11:00 a.m.
Image: Thomas Eakins, 1844-1916. Swimming, 1885. Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, Purchased by the Friends of Art, Fort Worth Art Association, 1925; acquired by the Amon Carter Museum, 1990, from the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth through grants and donations from the Amon G. Carter Foundation, the Sid W. Richardson Foundation, the Anne Burnett and Charles Tandy Foundation, Capital Cities/ABC Foundation, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The R. D. and Joan Dale Hubbard Foundation and the people of Fort Worth
