COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
CMA_.1943.60
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CMA_.1943.60
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
1999
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1999
AMICA Library Year
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Object Type:
Paintings
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Paintings
Object Type
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Creator Name:
Cox, John Rogers
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Cox, John Rogers
Creator Name
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Creator Nationality:
North American; American
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North American; American
Creator Nationality
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Creator Role:
artist
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artist
Creator Role
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Creator Dates/Places:
1915 - 1990
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1915 - 1990
Creator Dates/Places
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Gender:
M
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M
Gender
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Creator Name-CRT:
John Rogers Cox
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John Rogers Cox
Creator Name-CRT
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Title:
Gray and Gold
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Gray and Gold
Title
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Title Type:
Primary
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Primary
Title Type
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View:
Full View
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Full View
View
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Creation Date:
1942
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1942
Creation Date
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Creation Start Date:
1942
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1942
Creation Start Date
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Creation End Date:
1942
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1942
Creation End Date
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Materials and Techniques:
oil on canvas
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oil on canvas
Materials and Techniques
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Dimensions:
Unframed: 91.5cm x 151.8cm
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Unframed: 91.5cm x 151.8cm
Dimensions
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AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
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Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1943.60
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1943.60
ID Number
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Credit Line:
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
Credit Line
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Inscriptions:
signed lower right: John Rogers Cox 1942
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signed lower right: John Rogers Cox 1942
Inscriptions
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Rights:
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<a href="http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html</a>
Rights
false
Provenance:
Artists for Victory, Inc.
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Artists for Victory, Inc.
Provenance
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Context:
The power of this composition derives largely from the simple and realistic depiction of a bountiful American harvest, set below an ominous sky with rising storm clouds, perhaps as a metaphor for world events. The sharp,exacting details and transparent glazes were created by mixing oil paint with varnish and turpentine, a technique popular with American Scene painters of the 1930s and 1940s. Shortly after completing the painting, Cox commented: "I didn't think of it all at once, but set about arranging the composition and size of the canvas so that I could get more wheat in it than anything else....The entire painting was done from imagination and was painted between Labor Day, 1942, and the last day before the deadline shipping date to the Artists for Victory exhibition." (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1942-43, where the canvas received a medal).
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The power of this composition derives largely from the simple and realistic depiction of a bountiful American harvest, set below an ominous sky with rising storm clouds, perhaps as a metaphor for world events. The sharp,exacting details and transparent glazes were created by mixing oil paint with varnish and turpentine, a technique popular with American Scene painters of the 1930s and 1940s. Shortly after completing the painting, Cox commented: "I didn't think of it all at once, but set about arranging the composition and size of the canvas so that I could get more wheat in it than anything else....The entire painting was done from imagination and was painted between Labor Day, 1942, and the last day before the deadline shipping date to the Artists for Victory exhibition." (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1942-43, where the canvas received a medal).
Context
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1943.60.tif
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CMA_.1943.60.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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