Kenyon Cox, Lengthening Shadows
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Kenyon Cox

Lengthening Shadows

1888

Current Collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
38.7 × 76.8 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-136780

Kenyon Cox intended to make his career as a figural painter. In the 1880s, however, his father persuaded him to spend several months painting in Bellaire, Ohio, because he believed that landscapes would bring in more money for the young artist. In Lengthening Shadows, Cox positioned the viewer at the highest point in the scene to emphasize the gentle, grassy slopes of Ohio's rolling hills. (Morga…

Provenance

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Ambrose Lansing

Registry history

  • 1888 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum

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