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Drawing, Study of perspective

This is a Drawing. It was created by Kenyon Cox. It is dated ca. 1900 and we acquired it in 1923. Its medium is graphite on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

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

Its dimensions are

22.5 × 21 cm (8 7/8 × 8 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: 1/4 = 1/ 2/ Enlarge 12 […]; in graphite, left center: vanishing point/ center of semicircle; in graphite: lower center: simple ionic caps on round columns without flutes-/ partition 3 bays deep/ light forty-five degrees left/ outline on tracing paper with east shadows indicated/ Enlarge sketch one-foot to one-inch

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study of perspective; Kenyon Cox (American, 1856–1919); USA; graphite on paper; 22.5 × 21 cm (8 7/8 × 8 1/4 in.); Gift of Mrs. Kenyon Cox; 1923-6-35

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