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Stone City Landscape
Marvin Dorwart Cone1936
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Bentonville, United States
Marvin Cone painted this scene of rolling hills and abundant land while working as a professor of art in Iowa during the Great Depression. He captured the natural beauty of Stone City by painting the landscape without any figures or grazing animals. The only sign of life is the lone black bird perched on a fence post that disappears into the hillside. Stone City Landscape suggests both the quiet nature of rural living and the majesty of the Midwestern landscape.
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Details
- Title: Stone City Landscape
- Creator: Marvin Dorwart Cone
- Date Created: 1936
- Physical Dimensions: 24 x 30 in. (61 x 76.2 cm)
- Provenance: Mr. and Mrs. John C. Reid [1877-1968], Cedar Rapids, IA; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Fennell [1898-1985], Cedar Rapids, IA; to Estate of Gordon Fennell, 1985; to (Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Chicago, IL), May 11, 1986, lot 163; purchased by Private Collection; to (Sotheby’s, New York, NY), November 29, 2012, sale N08911, lot 34; purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2012
- Subject Keywords: landscapes
- Rights: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas.
- External Link: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
- Medium: Oil on canvas
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