Stone City Landscape

Artist Marvin Cone (1891 - 1965)

Date1936

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions24 x 30 in. (61 x 76.2 cm)
Framed: 29 1/4 × 35 1/4 × 2 5/8 in.

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2012.502

Signedl.l.: MARVIN CONE

Accession number 2012.502

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ProvenanceMr. 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
Label TextMarvin 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.

Marvin Cone pintó esta escena de ondulantes colinas y extensos terrenos cuando trabajaba como profesor de arte en Iowa durante la Gran Depresión. Captó la belleza natural de Stone City pintando el paisaje sin figuras ni animales pastando. El único signo de vida es el solitario pájaro negro posado sobre el poste de una cerca que desaparece en la ladera. Paisaje de Stone City sugiere tanto la naturaleza tranquila de la vida rural como la majestuosidad del paisaje del Medio Oeste.