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 5⁄8 x 35 3⁄8 in. (72.6 x 89.8 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 5⁄8 x 35 3⁄8 in. (72.6 x 89.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of William T. Evans
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Landscape
  • Figure group — female and child — nude
  • Allegory — quality — wealth
  • Occupation — domestic — gathering
  • Object — fruit
Object Number
1910.9.6
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/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."

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