The Winnifred
M. Cone Gallery
Named in honor of the wife of the artist, this
gallery contains a comprehensive collection of
paintings and drawings by Marvin Cone, class
of 1914.
Composed of 60 pieces at this time, the Cone
holdings are particularly noteworthy in that
the majority of the pieces were personally
selected by Marvin Cone himself, as representative
of major stylistic watersheds in his career.
As such, they possess particular significance
for both the scholar and the layperson. Also
noteworthy are the earliest and last pieces
in the collection. Lamellibranchiata
(Unio) (Clam) was drawn in 1912 while
Marvin was a student at Coe. Remembered
Light, both the study in graphite
and the final oil were some of the last pieces
executed by the artist.
Two works by other artists hang in the gallery. Malnutrition, an
early portrait of Marvin, by his life long
friend Grant Wood, has been graciously lent
by the Cone Family Trust. Reflections,
by George Henry, is a photograph of both Marvin
and Winnifred in the artist's studio
of their Cedar Rapids home.
Winnifred
M. Cone Gallery, East
| Malnutrition
(Grant
Wood) |
1919 |
oil
on pamel |
| Strange
to Me Now |
1948 |
oil
on canvas |
| Roadside
Farm |
1941 |
oil
on board |
| Shapes
on Shapes #4 |
1963 |
oil
on canvas |
| Three
Doorways |
1951 |
oil
on canvas |
| Intervals
#2 |
1958 |
oil
on canvas |
| Shadowed
Door #2 |
1961 |
oil
on canvas |
| Thunderhead
No.3 |
@1941 |
oil
on canvas |
| Uncle
Ben |
1942 |
oil
on canvas |
| Dark
Design |
1949 |
oil
on canvas |
| The
Tapestry of the Jilted Lover |
n.d. |
oil
on canvas |
| Plant
with Nude |
@1930 |
oil
on canvas |
| Lilies
for a God |
n.d. |
oil
on board |
| The
Old Red Barn |
@1942 |
oil
on board |
| Roof
Pattern |
1929 |
oil
on board |
| Taxco |
1939 |
oil
on board |
| Melodrama |
1937 |
oil
on canvas |
| Maestro |
@1940 |
oil
on canvas |
| Mask |
n.d. |
oil
on board |
| Washing's
Out |
1946 |
oil
on board |
| Old
Things (chair
from the painting Old Things on display) |
@1930 |
oil
on canvas |
| Pink
Silo |
1961 |
oil
on board |
| Brown
Pears |
1963 |
oil
on board |
| Blue
Pears |
1963 |
oil
on board |
| Two
Pears |
1954 |
oil
on board |
| Three
Pears |
1961 |
oil
on board |
| House
and Wall |
1926 |
oil
on board |
| Hot
Day |
n.d. |
oil
on board |
| Lamellibranchiata
(Unio) (Clam) |
1912 |
ink
drawing |
| Studio
Demonstration |
1935 |
oil
on board |
| Untitled
(rural landscape) |
@1930 |
oil
on canvas |
| Grove |
n.d. |
oil
on canvas |
The East gallery includes a display case containing
subjects from Marvin Cone's paintings,
a bust made by Marvin Cone, and the insignia
designed by Marvin Cone for the 34th division
of the United States Army, along with some programs
from Cone's art openings.
Winnifred
M. Cone Gallery, West
| Riverbend
#7 |
1940 |
oil
on canvas |
| Road
to Waubeek |
n.d. |
oil
on canvas |
| Old
Quarry Stone City |
1932 |
oil
on canvas |
| Reflections (George
Henry) |
n.d. |
photograph |
| Stone
Fruit (lent
by Georganne Louis Smith and Betsey Gage
Nelson) |
1935 |
oil
on canvas |
| Stone
Fruit |
1930 |
charcoal |
| Singular
Abode |
1963 |
oil
on canvas |
| Blueprint
for Fishermen |
1956 |
oil
on board |
| Blue
Areas |
1954 |
oil
on canvas |
| Triptych/Panorama |
1938 |
oil
on canvas |
| Shadowed
Door #3 |
1962 |
oil
on canvas |
| The
Big Top |
1941 |
oil
on canvas |
| Under
the Arch of Triumph, Paris |
1928 |
oil
on board |
| Elizabeth
Street, Toronto, Canada |
1930 |
oil
on board |
| Blue
and Gray Patterns #2 |
1957 |
oil
on canvas |
| Promenade,
Luxembourge Gardens |
1929 |
oil
on board |
| Educational
Exhibit |
1939 |
oil
on canvas |
| Jean
Hedberg Selder |
1940 |
charcoal |
| Reimer
Rohde |
@1930 |
pencil |
| Strange
Vigil |
1947 |
oil
on canvas |
| Night
Shapes #2 |
1955 |
oil
on canvas |
| Housing
Problem #3 |
1950 |
oil
on canvas |
| River
Farm |
1925 |
oil
on canvas |
| Little
Bohemia Tavern |
1941 |
oil
on canvas |
| Landmark |
1949 |
oil
on canvas |
| Golden
Segments |
1962 |
oil
on canvas |
| Space
Pattern #2 |
1956 |
oil
on canvas |
| Remembered
Light |
n.d. |
graphite |
| Remembered
Light |
n.d. |
oil
on canvas |
| Portrait
of Winnifred |
n.d. |
oil
on canvas |
Richter Room
| Totem
Pole |
Hodaka
Yoshida |
1958 |
lithograph |
| Festivities
in a Town Square |
Schoevaerdts/Bout |
1710 |
oil
on board |
| Missal
Leaf: Genesis (French) |
Anon. |
1150 |
ink |
| Latin
Bible Leaf (German) |
Anon. |
1450 |
ink |
| Hymn
Book Page (Latin) |
Anon. |
n.d. |
ink |
| Missal
Leaf: (English) |
Anon. |
1440 |
ink,
gold |
| Tapestry |
Anon. |
n.d. |
woven
fabric |
| Winter |
Ansei
Uchima |
1959 |
woodblock |
| Summer |
Ansei
Uchima |
1959 |
woodblock |
| Old
Quarry, Stone City |
Marvin
Cone |
1936 |
oil
on canvas |
Reference
Area
| R.W.
Stewart |
Anon. |
n.d. |
oil
on canvas |
| Fields
and Water |
Zora
Du Vall |
1961 |
oil
on canvas |
| Professor
Kocher (at Coe Studio) |
David
Gorman |
2003 |
oil
on canvas |
| Einstein |
Mauricio
Lasansky |
1985 |
etching |
| Still
Life |
James
Lechay |
1945 |
oil
on canvas |
| Mr.
President: study of Lincoln |
Mauricio
Lasansky |
n.d. |
intaglio |
| Witness |
Ben
Frank Moss |
1993 |
oil
on print |
| Atlantic
Coast, Seabrook Is, S.C. |
Robert
Kocher |
1984 |
watercolor |
| Plupersephone |
Robert
Kocher |
1971 |
mixed
media on canvas |
| Magic |
Byron
Burford |
1988 |
encaustic
on board |
| Winter:
Iowa |
Robert
Kocher |
1987-1990 |
acrylic
on canvas |
Whipple Browsing
Area
| Old
Red Barn |
Marvin
Cone |
1956 |
oil
on canvas |
| Fourth
Flight |
Marvin
Cone |
1954 |
oil
on canvas |
| Ballet
Class |
Richard
Pinney |
n.d. |
mixed
media sculpture |
| Traffic
on "B" Avenue |
George
Henry |
1965 |
photograph |
| Mrs.
Betty Fisher |
George
Henry |
1964 |
photograph |
| Library,
Expanded |
George
Henry |
1987 |
photograph |
| Student
in Library Stacks |
George
Henry |
n.d. |
photograph |
| Miss
Gayle Schroeder Coe Beauty |
Joan
Thaler |
2003 |
pastel
on paper |
Pochobradsky
Reading Room
| Daphne
et Chloe (set of 3) |
Aristide
Maillol |
n.d. |
woodcuts |
| La
Marchande DíOiseaux |
Fernard
Leger |
1958 |
lithograph |
| Sirene |
Raoul
Dufy |
1925 |
etching |
| M. Button |
Thomas
Nast |
1890 |
print |
| What
the Wild West is Saying |
Thomas
Nast |
1892 |
pen
and ink |
| U.S.,
English and Irish |
Thomas
Nast |
1905 |
pen
and ink |
| Bather's
North Shore |
Milton
Avery |
1940 |
oil
on canvas |
| Colourbloc |
Karen
Appel |
1961 |
lithograph |
| Untitled |
Mark
Rothko |
1944 |
oil
on canvas |
| Love
Me, Love My Dog |
Leonard
Baskin |
1956 |
engraving |
| La Revue
Blanche |
Pierre
Bonnard |
1894 |
lithograph |
| May
Milton |
Henri
de Toulouse-Lautrec |
1895 |
lithograph |
| Le Deuxieme
volume de Bruant |
Henri
de Toulouse-Lautrec |
1890 |
lithograph |
| Frightened
Boy with Tea Towel |
Stephen
Cone Weeks |
1985 |
mixed
media |
| Cream
of Mushroom |
Andy
Warhol |
1968 |
silkscreen
on paper |
| Of the
Resistance |
Abraham
Rattner |
1948 |
oil
on canvas |
| Gladioli
in Pineapple Pitcher |
Eugene
Speicher |
1930 |
oil
on canvas |
| Le Buyage |
Nicoli
Kuvshinoff |
1960 |
oil
on canvas |
| Trap
For the Moon IV |
Trap
For the Moon IV |
n.d. |
oil
on board |
| Untitled |
Billy
Al Bengston |
1965 |
oil,
lacquer, and wood |
| Gnomon |
Alfred
Jenson |
1960 |
lithograph |
| Night
Cry #1 |
John
Schulze |
1969 |
photograph |
| Auntie
Billie Series #8 (triptych) |
Stephen
Cone Weeks |
1979 |
mixed
media |
| Platonic
Agreement |
W. Quirt |
1940 |
oil
on canvas |
| Nymph |
Emil-Othon
Friesz |
n.d. |
lithograph |
The Knapp Study Room contains a set of fifteen
photographs by Iowa photographer John W. Barry
of scenes from the summer art colony conducted
by Grant Wood and Marvin Cone during the summers
of 1932-33 in Stone City.
The
Perrine Gallery (second floor)
Twelve of the fourteen works of Grant Wood owned
by the College are on display in this gallery.
The six large farm murals on the east and west
walls and the smaller mural, Fruit Basket,
constitute the heart of this important regionalist
portion of Coe's collection. Collectively
they are known as The Fruits of Iowa and
were commissioned by Eugene C. Eppley for the
Coffee Shop of his Cedar Rapids Montrose Hotel.
When the hotel changed ownership in 1956, the
murals were lent to the College where they were
prominently displayed in the Library. They have
remained here ever since. In 1976, the
Eppley Foundation graciously donated the murals
to the College.
| Fruit
Basket |
1932 |
oil
on canvas: mural |
| Farmer
with Pigs and Corn |
1932 |
oil
on canvas: mural |
| Iowa
Farm Landscape |
1932 |
oil
on canvas: mural |
| Farmer's
Wife with Chickens |
1932 |
oil
on canvas: mural |
| Farmer's
Daughter with Vegetables |
1932 |
oil
on canvas: mural |
| Boy
Milking Cow |
1932 |
oil
on canvas: mural |
| Farmer's
Son with Watermelon |
1932 |
oil
on canvas: mural |
Five smaller, yet significant works by Wood
supplement these murals, including the charcoal
on paper study of Daughters of Revolution, and
some of his high school pieces.
| Two
Drawings for the Pulse (Easter and May) |
@1907 |
lithograph |
| Stork |
1910 |
watercolor
on windowshade |
| Midsummer
(Indian Creek) |
1926 |
oil
on board |
| Two
Drawings for the Pulse (Yule
Tide and February) |
@1908 |
lithograph |
| Daughters
of Revolution |
1932 |
charcoal |
Coe College has also acquired a distinguished
collection of works by Conger Metcalf, a 1936
graduate of the College. Although he studied
under Marvin Cone at Coe, he actually graduated
with a degree in music with the hopes of becoming
a concert pianist. Instead, he built a
wide reputation in the art world, especially
in Boston where he worked for 50 years. The
collection now totals forty-five works housed
in and outside two galleries on the second floor.
Conger
Metcalf Gallery
This gallery honoring the memory of the artist
contains some of his finest drawings of children,
as well as the largest piece executed by the
artist, Sienese Shadow Patterns.
The 1991 portrait of the artist by Warren and
Lucia Prosperi hangs outside the gallery.
| Drawing
on 18th Century Paper IV |
1990 |
ink
and graphite |
| Drawing
on 17th Century Paper |
n.d. |
ink
and wash |
| Studio
Interior |
1989 |
oil
and graphite on clay-coated paper |
| Tavola |
1990 |
oil
and graphite on clay-coated paper |
| Harlequin |
1951 |
ink
and wash |
| Little
Reader |
1973 |
wash
and graphite |
| The
Paper Fan |
1975 |
oil
and graphite |
| The
Cardinal's Villa |
1974 |
wash
on paper |
| Sienese
Shadow Patterns |
1976 |
oil
on board |
| Miki
Reading |
n.d. |
wash
and graphite |
| Incised
Drawing Page in Antwerp Blue |
1973 |
oil
on clay-coated paper |
| La Famiglia
Venezianna |
1965 |
oil
on board |
| Michael
at the Easel |
1972 |
chalk
on wash |
| Spanish
Model |
1978 |
oil
on clay-coated paper |
| Boy
in Playroom |
@ 1960 |
graphite
and wash |
| Conger
Metcalf (Warren & Lucia
Prosperi) |
1991 |
oil
on canvas |
| Cantane |
1977 |
conte
crayon |
| Study
Page at Antwerp Blue |
1980 |
oil
on coated paper |
| The
Sentinels |
1994 |
oil
on coated paper |
| Manuela |
1980 |
oil
on coated paper |
| Still
Life (Venetian collage) |
1976 |
oil
on coated paper |
| Summer
Still Life |
1968 |
oil
on graphite |
Reva and John
Pashgian Gallery
This gallery, both inside and out, continues
the Metcalf collection and was named the Reva
and John Pashgian Gallery at the request of their
son, Gordon J. Pashgian, class of 1971. The
gallery contains some of Metcalf’s best
technical drawings and highlights his superb
draftsmanship. A recent addition is Metcalf’s
remembered image of his mother, Medora.
This piece is on permanent loan from the Washington
County Historical Society where it hung for many
years. Also of importance in
this gallery are early works from high school
while others were completed when Metcalf was
a student at the College.
| Requiem |
1979 |
oil
and graphite on clay-coated paper |
| Study
for a Painting |
1974 |
wash
and graphite |
| Homage
a Picasso |
1974 |
oil
and wash |
| Head
Studies |
1973 |
ink
and wash |
| Ancient
Wall |
1976 |
oil
and graphite |
| Piazza
Di Spagna, Roma: Sleeping Figure |
1973 |
pen
and ink |
| Figure |
|
|
| Standing
Figure |
1973 |
oil
on board |
| Still
Life Venetian Red |
1974 |
oil
and wash |
| Somber
Still Life |
1979 |
oil
and graphite on clay-coated paper |
| Summer
Concert |
1980 |
ink
and wash |
| Eggs
on Matisse |
1940 |
oil
and graphite on clay-coated paper |
| Technical
Study: Eggs on a Matisse |
n.d. |
oil
and graphite on clay-coated paper |
| Drawing |
|
|
| Incised
Drawing |
1975 |
mixed
media |
| Medora
(on
loan from Washington county historic
society) |
1974 |
oil
and graphite on clay-coated paper |
| Study
for Medora |
1974 |
oil
and graphite on clay-coated paper |
| Alexandra's
Chair |
1982 |
oil
on gessoed paper |
| Study
of Aged Ballerina |
1950 |
conte
crayon on paper |
| Preparatory
Sketch for 2 Otis Place |
1964 |
ink
on paper |
| Preparatory
Sketch for 2 Otis Place #2 |
1964 |
ink
on paper |
| Interior:
2 Otis Place |
1964 |
oil
and graphite on clay-coated paper |
| Untitled
(Woman's Head) |
1930 |
colored
pencil |
| Ruth
Isabel Nehls |
1931 |
drawing |
| Mary
Elizabeth Bailey (on
loan from Marvin Bailey) |
1932 |
drawing |
| Painting
for an XVIII Century Frame |
1976 |
oil
and graphite on clay-coated paper |
