Cleveland Museum of Art
Design for United States Currency
Kenyon CoxLinkedCulture matchlcp-83dba2fca2c2
- Date
- 1912
- Medium
- graphite
- Culture
- America
- Department
- Drawings
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 95297
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
The painter and muralist Kenyon Cox viewed himself as the heir to the great traditions of the Italian Renaissance and vigorously led the resistance to all forms of modern painting. This design for U. S. currency, which was rejected by the government, shows the care with which he planned his compositions. Cox's son, Allyn, who also became a successful mural painter, posed for the male figure. Cox's brother, J. D. Cox, a prominent civic leader in Cleveland, played an active role in the formation of the Cleveland Museum of Art. He gave the museum the three works by his brother that are in this exhibition.
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- Credit line
- Gift of J. D. Cox
- Provenance
- ?–1916: Mr. Jacob D. Cox, Sr., Cleveland, OH, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH | October 5, 1916–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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