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Study for Ceiling Decoration

Kenyon Cox American
ca. 1894
Not on view
Cox, who painted landscapes, portraits, and figure studies and worked as an art critic and teacher, was best known as a muralist. He created this preparatory study for a ceiling of an unidentified private apartment. Committed to the academic teachings of the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Cox completed this rigorous study of a single nude female figure, using a grid system to ensure that the composition was properly proportioned. This sketch does not correspond to any of Cox’s specific commissioned murals, and it is not dated.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Study for Ceiling Decoration
  • Artist: Kenyon Cox (American, Warren, Ohio 1856–1919 New York)
  • Date: ca. 1894
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Graphite on off-white laid paper for transfer
  • Dimensions: 14 5/8 x 20 in. (37.1 x 50.8 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of William Rothenstein, 1912
  • Object Number: 12.16
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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