Kenyon Cox, Plenty
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William T. Evans · Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Open Access (CC0)View original →
Kenyon Cox

Plenty

1910

Current Collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
72.6 × 89.8 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-135365

This is Kenyon Cox's copy of a small figural group from his mural for the Essex County Courthouse in Newark, New Jersey. Cox replicated a group symbolizing the prosperity that comes from justice. The child picking flowers represents Poetry and Art. After he completed the copy, he wrote to his patron, "It is not an exact replica of the original . . . I went back to the original studies and used th…

Provenance

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William T. Evans

Registry history

  • 1910 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum

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