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Drawing, Drapery Study of Madonna for Cover of Harper's New Monthly Magazine, December 1897

This is a Drawing. It was created by Kenyon Cox and made for Harper's Weekly. It is dated 1897 and we acquired it in 1960. Its medium is graphite on 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

51.3 × 38 cm (20 3/16 × 14 15/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower center: Kenyon Cox

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: Drapery of Madonna - / Harper's Christmas; upper right: delicate translucent / shadow - lighter than / shadow of flesh -

Cite this object as

Drawing, Drapery Study of Madonna for Cover of Harper's New Monthly Magazine, December 1897; Kenyon Cox (American, 1856–1919); Made for Harper's Weekly; USA; graphite on paper; 51.3 × 38 cm (20 3/16 × 14 15/16 in.); Gift of Allyn Cox; 1960-83-93

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