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

Black and colored ink on paper, 1968, signed and dated to lower right, retaining inscribed paper with provenance to verso, framed below glass.

Sight size 10 1/2 x 12 3/4 in.; Frame dimensions 15 3/4 x 18 1/4 in.

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, North Carolina; the Mint Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina; the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, Virginia; and the High Museum in Atlanta, Georgia.

Even toning to the sheet, not examined outside the frame.

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