The Progress of Civilization: The Forge, Commerce, and Education (mural study, State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa)

Kenyon Cox, The Progress of Civilization: The Forge, Commerce, and Education (mural study, State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa), 1905-1906, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Allyn Cox, 1959.10.4
Kenyon Cox, The Progress of Civilization: The Forge, Commerce, and Education (mural study, State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa), 1905-1906, oil on canvas, 24 x 15 1⁄8 in. (61.0 x 38.4 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Allyn Cox, 1959.10.4
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Artwork Details

Title
The Progress of Civilization: The Forge, Commerce, and Education (mural study, State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa)
Artist
Date
1905-1906
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
24 x 15 1⁄8 in. (61.0 x 38.4 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Allyn Cox
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Object — written matter — book
  • Allegory — arts and sciences — education
  • Allegory — other — trade
  • Allegory — arts and sciences — industry
  • Allegory — other — civilization
  • Study — mural study
  • Recreation — leisure — reading
  • Landscape
  • Figure group
Object Number
1959.10.4
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1959.10.4

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Dateca. 1880-1885
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Albert Pinkham Ryder, Moonlight, 1887, oil on mahogany panel, cradled, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William T. Evans, 1909.10.2
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Date1887
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Flying Dutchman
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Datecompleted by 1887
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Artist
Dateby 1879
oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard
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