1910s NYC Metropolitan Museum Art Class – Rare Historic Print Featuring Kenyon Cox & Students. (Watermarks do not appear on the actual artwork.)
1910s NYC Metropolitan Museum Art Class – Rare Historic Print Featuring Kenyon Cox & Students. (Watermarks do not appear on the actual artwork.)
1910s NYC Metropolitan Museum Art Class – Rare Historic Print Featuring Kenyon Cox & Students. (Watermarks do not appear on the actual artwork.)
1910s NYC Metropolitan Museum Art Class – Rare Historic Print Featuring Kenyon Cox & Students. Original vintage glass camera negative. (Not for sale, display only)
1910s NYC Metropolitan Museum Art Class – Rare Historic Print Featuring Kenyon Cox & Students, c.1910s
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Step into the heart of artistic tradition with this stunning, rare historical print capturing a 1910s art class at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. This remarkable image showcases renowned American painter, illustrator, muralist, and educator Kenyon Cox, seated on a bench, observing his students as they diligently recreate masterpieces from the museum’s collection.
Four students—three women and one man—are seen carefully painting copies of the grand works displayed before them, one distinctly signed “L. Bonnat 75.” The composition radiates an air of focused study, artistic dedication, and the golden era of academic realism.
This large-size, high-quality fine art print is produced from an original vintage glass camera negative, ensuring incredible detail and historical authenticity. The scene is not only a testament to the rigorous artistic training of the early 20th century but also a captivating glimpse into the past of one of the world’s most prestigious museums.
Provenance
From an original vintage glass negative, c.1910s.
Past in Present.com Inc private historical archive.
Extensively researched; no record found of this exact image published in major public archives or commercial photographic collections to date.