Science Instructing Industry: Drapery Study by Kenyon Cox

Graphite drapery study of a draped arm and shoulder over a faint grid, with a sketched head behind.

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Science Instructing Industry: Drapery Study, Kenyon Cox (1898), The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Via artnap.com

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A graphite drawing of draped cloth falling over a raised arm and shoulder, rendered with soft shading and sharp folds against a faint squared grid. Faint outlines of a head and shoulder are visible behind the drapery. Kenyon Cox made this drawing as a study titled Science Instructing Industry, dated 1898, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Museum record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Date

1898

Medium

Graphite on off-white laid paper mounted on secondary support of Egyptian linen

Dimensions

37.8 × 50.5 cm

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

License

CC0

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