Joe Cox (NC, 1915-1997), Abstract Landscape

Watercolor on paper, 1993, signed and dated at lower right, matted and framed under glass.

Sight size 8 x 12 in.; Frame dimensions 19 1/4 x 23 in.

Private Collection, Raleigh, North Carolina

Born in Indianapolis, Cox studied art at the John Herron Art School and the University of Iowa. In 1954 he accepted a teaching position at NC State University where he became one of the leading artists and educators in the state. Paintings by Joe Cox are in such prominent collections as the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh; the Mint Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina; the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, Virginia; and the High Museum in Atlanta, Georgia.

Good estate condition, not examined outside the frame.