Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Kenyon Cox, 1889, bronze, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Allyn Cox, 1983.31.1
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Kenyon Cox
- Artist
- Date
- 1889
- Location
- Not on view
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Allyn Cox
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- bronze
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Portrait male — Cox, Kenyon — bust
- Occupation — art — sculptor
- Occupation — art — designer
- Occupation — art — painter
- Object Number
- 1983.31.1
Artwork Description
Augustus Saint-Gaudens created this uniface medallion portrait of his friend Kenyon Cox (1856-1919) to reciprocate for a portrait of the sculptor that Cox had painted in 1887. The two American artists had met while studying in Paris under painters Emile Auguste Carolus-Duran and Jean-Léon Gérôme in 1877. The exchange of such portraits among classically trained artists of Saint-Gaudens's generation expressed friendship and professional respect.
