GORDON COX (American, 1906-1988)
abstract with crabs, 1953
on reverse an oil sketch of Ben Cox, aged 14, son of artist
polymer tempera, 18 by 23.5 in., 50's frame
Prov. Margaret Brown Gallery, Boston, 1953; Tuveson Studios, Rillinsford, NH, 2015. Correspondence with artist's son, Ben Cox.
Gardner Cox, born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, studied at Harvard College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School. He held the position of head of the Department of Painting at the Boston Museum School and lived in Cambridge.
Cox painted portraits for over fifty years - long enough to have been working when portraiture was the most prestigious field a painter could choose. His sitters included Robert Frost, Henry Kissinger, Robert Kennedy, Michael Dukakis and seven Supreme Court Justices.
Estimate: $300 - $500
Realized: $100 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 69 : GORDON COX (American, 1906-1988)
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