Plenty

Kenyon Cox, Plenty, 1910, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William T. Evans, 1910.9.6
Kenyon Cox, Plenty, 1910, oil on canvas, 28 5835 38 in. (72.689.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William T. Evans, 1910.9.6
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Artwork Details

Title
Plenty
Artist
Date
1910
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
28 5835 38 in. (72.689.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of William T. Evans
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Object — fruit
  • Occupation — domestic — gathering
  • Allegory — quality — wealth
  • Figure group — female and child — nude
  • Landscape
Object Number
1910.9.6

Artwork Description

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 them with a certain freedom, and I think the result, in many ways, finer than the first group."

Works by this artist (483 items)

Paul Manship, Susanna (#1), 1948, marble, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Paul Manship, 1966.47.1
Susanna (#1)
Date1948
marble
On view
Paul Manship, Eve (#1), 1935, bronze, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Paul Manship, 1966.47.6
Eve (#1)
Date1935
bronze
On view
Paul Manship, Model of Flagpole Base, Alfred E. Smith Memorial, n.d., cast posthumously, bronze, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1971.15
Model of Flagpole Base, Alfred E. Smith Memorial
Daten.d., cast posthumously
bronze
On view
Paul Manship, Frog, 1952, bronze on lapis lazuli base, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Paul Manship, 1966.47.31
Frog
Date1952
bronze on lapis lazuli base
On view

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