↗United States · c. 1896–1908
The Race Track (Death on a Pale Horse)
Albert Pinkham Ryder
Colour palette
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Approximate colour proportions
Estimated from six colour groups in the museum image, including visible paper or borders. Reproduction and lighting affect the result; these are image-area proportions, not pigment measurements.
Gift of J. D. Cox · The Cleveland Museum of Art
Image: public domain (CC0) · Museum record & image source ↗
America · 1912
Design for United States Currency
Kenyon Cox
- Date
- 1912
- Medium
- graphite
- Dimensions
- Image: 15.9 x 37.8 cm (6 1/4 x 14 7/8 in.); Sheet: 30.3 x 50.8 cm (11 15/16 x 20 in.)
- Country / context
- United States
- Movement / tradition
- North American arts
- Collection
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Pathway
- North American arts ↗
FROM THE MUSEUM
The painter and muralist Kenyon Cox viewed himself as the heir to the great traditions of the Italian Renaissance and vigorously led the resistance to all forms of modern painting. This design for U. S. currency, which was rejected by the government, shows the care with which he planned his compositions. Cox's son, Allyn, who also became a successful mural painter, posed for the male figure. Cox's brother, J. D. Cox, a prominent civic leader in Cleveland, played an active role in the formation of the Cleveland Museum of Art. He gave the museum the three works by his brother that are in this exhibition.
Collection text · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A MOMENT TO LOOK
Start with what you can see: shapes, surface, colour and scale. How might the listed materials affect the way this object was made and experienced?
Looking prompt · an invitation to observe, not a historical interpretation.
