Leslie Cope 1937 Mixed Media Painting "A Full Load"

Item Details

Leslie Cope (United Kingdom/Ohio, 1913-2002)
A Full Load, 1937
Watercolor, gouache, pastel, and charcoal painting on paper
Signed and dated to the lower right
Hand-written inscriptions with title to the verso

Cope was born in England, and moved with his family to Ohio at the age of 16 so that his father, a master potter and designer, could work with the Mosaic Tile Company (Zanesville, Ohio) and later the Nelson McCoy Pottery Company (Roseville, Ohio). Leslie worked alongside his father until being deployed during World War II. After returning from the South Pacific, he gave up tile design to pursue painting. He was a member numerous organizations including the Society of American Graphic Artists, the California Society of Etchers, the Ohio Watercolor Society, and the Society of Academic Artists. He had solo exhibitions at the Library of Congress and The Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C., and has work housed in permanent collections of prominent institutions including the Carnegie Institute, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Spencer Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian Museum of American Art.

Condition

- some stains, foxing, and billowing to paper; foxing and toning to mat; some scratches and dents to frame.

Dimensions

- frame measures; visible image measures 15" W x 10.25" H.

Item #

19DCC030-334