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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1919.8
People
Kenyon Cox, American (Warren OH 1856 - 1919 New York NY)
Title
Courage, Study for Window, Christ Episcopal Church, Oberlin Ohio
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Leading Plan for a Memorial Window
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1901
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/213416

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, lower center: K. Cox 1901
  • watermark: Egyptian / Linen / Geo. B. Hurd & Co.
  • inscription: u.r., graphite: Widditt 44 or 6 4th Ave. / c. 8th St. / opposite Bible house / above tailor shop
  • inscription: lower center, graphite, in artist's hand: Leading plan -- Memorial Window
  • inscription: l.l.c., graphite: Amelia Rose / 225 E. 63rd St.
  • inscription: l.l.c., graphite: 36
  • label: lower center, paper, ink, graphite, printed and handwritten: [red border; graphite:] 39
  • inscription: above figure, in image, graphite, in artist's hand: Courage
  • inscription: below figure, in image, graphite: In Memory of / Jacob Dolson / Cox 1828 - 1900

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Evert Jansen Wendell, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1918.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Evert J. Wendell
Accession Year
1919
Object Number
1919.8
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pinholes at upper and lower edges.
Commentary
This is a study for a memorial window to Cox's father, J. Dolson Cox.

Publication History

  • H. Wayne Morgan, Kenyon Cox 1856-1919: A Life in American Art, Kent State University Press (Kent, OH, 1994), pp. 191 - 194

Verification Level

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