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Drawing, Nude Study of Graphic Art in Headband for "American Illustration of Today"

This is a Drawing. It was created by Kenyon Cox and published by Scribner's Monthly. It is dated 1891 and we acquired it in 1960. Its medium is graphite on cream laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Allyn Cox. It is credited Gift of Allyn Cox.

Its dimensions are

40.8 × 51.9 cm (16 1/16 × 20 7/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in pen and black ink, lower center: Kenyon Cox -

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and black ink, lower center: "Graphic Art" - Figure for Headband.; in graphite, lower right: (Left); in graphite, lower left corner: 55

Cite this object as

Drawing, Nude Study of Graphic Art in Headband for "American Illustration of Today"; Kenyon Cox (American, 1856–1919); Published by Scribner's Monthly; USA; graphite on cream laid paper; 40.8 × 51.9 cm (16 1/16 × 20 7/16 in.); Gift of Allyn Cox; 1960-83-212

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