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"The Blessing of Sleep," Study for a Poster for Paine's Celery Compound

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Draped woman at left with attributes of Hypnos (winged head and poppy) hovers at left in front of a window that opens out on to blackness. Her arm is outstreched over a reclining man, recumbent on a low divan at right. He is half nude, propped on one elbow with his other arm behind his head. At right, an oil lamp burns atop a columnar pillar.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Artist
Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919
Date
1899
Credit Line
Gift of Allyn Cox
Medium
Graphite, brush and black and gray wash on tan laid paper
Dimensions
Overall: 40.6 x 31.8 cm (16 x 12 1/2 in.)
Type
graphic design
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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