ARTWORK:
Kenyon Cox, Untitled (Study of Standing Male Nude), ca. 1874-1876, pencil on paper, 17 3⁄4 x 11 3⁄8 in. (45.0 x 28.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Allyn Cox, 1983.31.9
Une très belle étude de nu masculin.
THE ARTIST:
In 1877 Cox moved to Paris like many American artists of the day to be a part of what he believed to be a sort of second renaissance in art. He is known for both his male and female academic studies.