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Drawing, Study for Falling Devil from "Fleeter than the starry brands" for "Paradise and the Peri"

This is a Drawing. It was created by Kenyon Cox. It is dated 1883 and we acquired it in 1960. Its medium is black crayon on 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

44.7 × 56 cm (17 5/8 × 22 1/16 in.)

It is signed

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and black ink, lower right: Study for falling devil - Paradise and the Peri -; in graphite, lower right: 1884; in black crayon, upper right: almost no [?]f

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study for Falling Devil from "Fleeter than the starry brands" for "Paradise and the Peri"; Kenyon Cox (American, 1856–1919); USA; black crayon on paper; 44.7 × 56 cm (17 5/8 × 22 1/16 in.); Gift of Allyn Cox; 1960-83-222

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