Kenyon Cox

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
  • Occupation — art — painter
  • Occupation — art — sculptor
  • Occupation — art — designer
  • Portrait male — Cox, Kenyon — bust
Object Number
1983.31.1
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/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.