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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1919.10
People
Kenyon Cox, American (Warren OH 1856 - 1919 New York NY)
Title
Sketch for "Evening"
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1883
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305961

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and graphite on cream laid paper
Dimensions
42 x 33.1 cm (16 9/16 x 13 1/16 in.)
Border drawn around image: 25.5 x 20.4 cm (10 1/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, l.l: Kenyon Cox
  • inscription: l.r., ink, English: Sketch for "Evening"
  • watermark: Perfection Linen [with coat of arms] Trade Mark [repeated four times]
  • inscription: lower edge, graphite: 3 9/12 x 4 9/12
  • inscription: l.l., graphite: 93

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Evert Jansen Wendell, Bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1918.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Evert J. Wendell
Accession Year
1919
Object Number
1919.10
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pinholes at all corners.
Commentary
The National Gallery of American Art has an oil sketch of the same subject (their 1983.114.6). Location of final, finished version is unknown.

Verification Level

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