Study for Greek Science
Kenyon Cox
American Art
MEDIUM
Gilded plaster
DATES
1907
DIMENSIONS
11 1/2 x 5 x 2 1/2 in. (29.2 x 12.7 x 6.4 cm)
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ACCESSION NUMBER
75.132
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Allyn Cox
PROVENANCE
1919, inherited from the artist by Allyn Cox of New York, NY and Washington, DC; 1975, gift of Allyn Cox to the Brooklyn Museum.
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CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Small study for allegorical female figure of a woman clothed in heavy, hooded classicized robes and holding a globe in her proper right hand and compass, which is open in a V shape and touching the top of the globe, in her proper left hand; figure looks down at objects in her hands and stands on a stepped, rectangular base.
Condition: Good; small chips around base; overall wear to gilding.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Kenyon Cox (American, 1856â1919). Study for Greek Science, 1907. Gilded plaster, 11 1/2 x 5 x 2 1/2 in. (29.2 x 12.7 x 6.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Allyn Cox, 75.132. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 75.132.jpg)
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