id:			95300
accession number:	1916.1071
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1071
updated:		2024-03-26 01:56:11.559000

Mercury, 1912. Kenyon Cox (American, 1856–1919). Graphite; sheet: 50.7 x 30.4 cm (19 15/16 x 11 15/16 in.); image: 42 x 29.4 cm (16 9/16 x 11 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. D. Cox 1916.1071

title:				Mercury
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creation date:			1912
creation date earliest:		1912
creation date latest:		1912
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creditline:			Gift of J. D. Cox
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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	graphite
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - American 20th Century
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Kenyon Cox (American, 1856–1919)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 50.7 x 30.4 cm (19 15/16 x 11 15/16 in.); Image: 42 x 29.4 cm (16 9/16 x 11 9/16 in.)
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	description:	cream(3) laid paper (discolored to yellow-cream)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	signed, lower right, in graphite: Kenyon Cox ; by unknown hand, in graphite, lower center: 11 3/4 x 19-  15 3/4 x 23
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Directions in Drawing II: The Human Figure
	opening date:   1991-11-05T05:00:00
	<i>Directions in Drawing II: The Human Figure</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5, 1991-January 12, 1992).

	title:		American Drawings from the Permanent Collection
	opening date:   1998-04-19T00:00:00
	<i>American Drawings from the Permanent Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; 4/19/98 - 7/12/98.  "American Drawings from the Permanent Collection."', 'opening_date': '1998-04-19T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"Accessions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 4, no. 2 (1917): 26-37.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 26
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136070

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IMAGES

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