Begging for a Fight

Artist John George Brown (1831 - 1913)

Dateca. 1895

MediumWatercolor and graphite on paper

Dimensionssight: 30 x 20 in. (76.2 x 50.8 cm)
Framed: 45 3/4 x 35 7/8 x 2 in. (116.2 x 91.1 x 5.1 cm)

ClassificationsWatercolor

Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2007.35

Accession number 2007.35

On View

Not on view

Collections

Provenance(Braswell Galleries, Stamford, CT); Alexander Acevedo; (Alexander Gallery, New York, NY); John Driscoll, New York, NY; to (Babcock Galleries, New York, NY); purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2007
Label TextA snowball fight is a familiar rite of passage in childhood winter horseplay, and a subject frequently depicted by John George Brown. The boy seen here is in the midst of such a battle. Two missed shots left their mark on the wall to his side, spraying him with the snow found on his cap and shoulder. With his perfectly compacted snowball in hand, he peeks around the corner and lifts his leg ready to strike his opponent.