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Gray and Gold
1942
John Rogers Cox
John Rogers Cox (American, 1915–1990)
American Painting and Sculpture
Gray and Gold, 1942. John Rogers Cox (American, 1915–1990). Oil on canvas; framed: 116 x 152 x 12.5 cm (45 11/16 x 59 13/16 x 4 15/16 in.); unframed: 91.5 x 151.8 cm (36 x 59 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1943.60 This painting’s rustic frame salvages beetle-damaged wood caused by the devastating early 20th-century Chestnut blight.
- Maker/Artist
- Cox, John Rogers
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 116 x 152 x 12.5 cm (45 11/16 x 59 13/16 x 4 15/16 in.); Unframed: 91.5 x 151.8 cm (36 x 59 3/4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: signed lower right: John Rogers Cox 1942
- Departments
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1943.60
- Credit Line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Exhibitions
- Artists for Victory, 54th Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture, Painting in the United States, 1944, Contemporary American Painting, Museum's Choice, The 50 Most Popular Paintings in the History of American Art, Life in America, Centennial Exhibition, Illusion and Reality, 20th Anniversary Special Exhibition: 60 Terre Haute Artists, An Unfulfilled Dream: The Neglected Generation of American Scene Painters: 1930-1948, A Retrospective Exhibition of the Art of John Rogers Cox, Illusions of Eden: Visions of the American Heartland, Toronto, Art Gallery of Toronto (February 1945).<br>Terre Haute, Indiana, Sheldon Swope Art Gallery (May 1945).<br><br>Columbus, OH, Columbus Museum of Art, Illusions of Eden: Visions of the American Heartland (18 February - 30 April 2000) cat. ill. cover, pp. 94, 186, p. 271 ; traveled to Vienna, Austria, Museum of Modern Art/Ludwig Foundation Vienna (1 June - 15 August 2000); traveled to Budapest, Hungary, Ludwig Museum/Museum of Contemporary Art (25 September - 26 November 2000); did not travel to Madison, Wisconsin, Madison Art Center (24 February - 13 May 2001); did not travel to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Washington Pavilion of Arts & Science (June - August 2001).<br><br>The Cleveland Museum of Art (03/01/2006 - 06/01/2006); "American Icons: American Masterworks from the 1930s"
- Rights Statement
- Copyrighted
- Museum Location
- 226B American Modern
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