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Drawing, Key to the Composition of "The Marriage in Cana"

This is a Drawing. It was created by Kenyon Cox. It is dated 1880-1900 and we acquired it in 1960. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and white gouache on tracing 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

23 × 28.8 cm (9 1/16 × 11 5/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and black ink, lower center: Key to the Composition of "The Marriage in Cana-"; upper right: 22139

Cite this object as

Drawing, Key to the Composition of "The Marriage in Cana"; Kenyon Cox (American, 1856–1919); USA; pen and black ink, brush and white gouache on tracing paper; 23 × 28.8 cm (9 1/16 × 11 5/16 in.); Gift of Allyn Cox; 1960-83-308

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