COX, Kenyon (1856-1919) painter, sculptor, illustrator.
Wrongly attributed as the artist for the U.S. Columbian
Isabella Commemorative quarter dollar 1893 (ultimately
engraved by U.S. Mint engraver Charles Barber, q.v.).
Submitted a design for the reverse of the 1906 Fraklin
Bicentennial Medal which influenced Augustus Saint-
Gaudens design, modeled by Louis Saint-Gaudens.
Exhibited a painting of Augustus Saint-Gaudens at
National Academy of Design (1907 winter show) in
1907 item 202, and Chicago Art Institute (1909) item
63; illustrated N39 {2008} Moran, Striking Change,
color plate 17.
M E D A L S
1906 Franklin (Benjamin) Bicentennial Medallion (designed
by Augustus, modeled by Louis Saint-Gaudens; earliest
variety with laurel wreath) . . . . . . . Greenslet GM-117,
Fuld FR.M.UN.6
Collection: Smithsonian National Numismatic. . . 391:372
Illustrated: N39 {2008} Moran, Striking Change, page 245
1906 Franklin (Benjamin) Bicentennial Medallion (obv designed
by Augustus, modeled by Louis Saint-Gaudens; produced
by Tiffany). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Baxter 81, Freeman 188,
Greenslet GM-118 to GM-120, Fuld FR.M.UN.7
Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BMP 2:5683; PCA 67:384
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art . . . . . . . 06.1192
Collection: Princeton Library Vermeule (NC000) . . . 164
Exhibited: Utah Museum of Fine Arts (1991) . . . . . 164
Illustrated: P2 The Numismatist (December 1956) p . 1386
Illustrated: P4 TAMS Journal 6:1 (March-April 1966) p 39
B I O G R A P I C A L R E F E R E N C E S
101 {1893} The History of the World's Columbian Explosition 2 volumes. Stated
the entire coin was work of Cox.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 183-184.
AE2 {1990} Art Institute of Chicago, p 238-239.
AE5 {1990} National Academy of Design, p 149.
AE3 {1991} Chadbourne, et al, p 128.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 1:756.
D3a {2006} Benezit.Dictionary of Artists, p 4:120.
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
N16 {1967} Taxay, p 13 (documents the issue and corrects error in the Columbian
History 1893 work).
N30 {1991} Bowers. Commemorative Coins, p 700 (bio).
N39 {2008} Moran (Michael F.) Striking Change; The Great Artistic Collaboration of
Theodore Roosevelt and Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Saint-Gaudens portrait
C17, drawing revese 1906 Franklin Bicentennial Medal, p 245.
Wrongly attributed as the artist for the U.S. Columbian
Isabella Commemorative quarter dollar 1893 (ultimately
engraved by U.S. Mint engraver Charles Barber, q.v.).
Submitted a design for the reverse of the 1906 Fraklin
Bicentennial Medal which influenced Augustus Saint-
Gaudens design, modeled by Louis Saint-Gaudens.
Exhibited a painting of Augustus Saint-Gaudens at
National Academy of Design (1907 winter show) in
1907 item 202, and Chicago Art Institute (1909) item
63; illustrated N39 {2008} Moran, Striking Change,
color plate 17.
M E D A L S
1906 Franklin (Benjamin) Bicentennial Medallion (designed
by Augustus, modeled by Louis Saint-Gaudens; earliest
variety with laurel wreath) . . . . . . . Greenslet GM-117,
Fuld FR.M.UN.6
Collection: Smithsonian National Numismatic. . . 391:372
Illustrated: N39 {2008} Moran, Striking Change, page 245
1906 Franklin (Benjamin) Bicentennial Medallion (obv designed
by Augustus, modeled by Louis Saint-Gaudens; produced
by Tiffany). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Baxter 81, Freeman 188,
Greenslet GM-118 to GM-120, Fuld FR.M.UN.7
Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BMP 2:5683; PCA 67:384
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art . . . . . . . 06.1192
Collection: Princeton Library Vermeule (NC000) . . . 164
Exhibited: Utah Museum of Fine Arts (1991) . . . . . 164
Illustrated: P2 The Numismatist (December 1956) p . 1386
Illustrated: P4 TAMS Journal 6:1 (March-April 1966) p 39
B I O G R A P I C A L R E F E R E N C E S
101 {1893} The History of the World's Columbian Explosition 2 volumes. Stated
the entire coin was work of Cox.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 183-184.
AE2 {1990} Art Institute of Chicago, p 238-239.
AE5 {1990} National Academy of Design, p 149.
AE3 {1991} Chadbourne, et al, p 128.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 1:756.
D3a {2006} Benezit.Dictionary of Artists, p 4:120.
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
N16 {1967} Taxay, p 13 (documents the issue and corrects error in the Columbian
History 1893 work).
N30 {1991} Bowers. Commemorative Coins, p 700 (bio).
N39 {2008} Moran (Michael F.) Striking Change; The Great Artistic Collaboration of
Theodore Roosevelt and Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Saint-Gaudens portrait
C17, drawing revese 1906 Franklin Bicentennial Medal, p 245.