The Listening Man

Signed and dated 1957, l.r.; also signed, inscribed Boston, dated and titled on the reverse
Oil on canvas
41 x 31 inches

Note:
The image is a self portrait of the artist. Jan Cox, a founding member of the 'Jeune Peinture Belge' group, was associated with CoBrA and published some of his artwork in the CoBrA magazine. From 1956-1974, Cox was the Head of the Painting Department at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. During his time in Boston, he was close friends with Perry Rathbone and Hanns Swarzenski, both of whose portraits he painted.

Provenance:
Gift of the artist
Descended in the family to the current owner

Exhibited:
Los Angeles County Museum (label on reverse, possibly the one-man exhibition sponsored by the Smithsonian Institute; traveled to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Brunswick, Utica, New York, 1958-1959)

Literature:
Philippe Pirotte, Robert F. Brown, Claire Van Damme, Karel Boullart, Jan Cox (Brussel, 1996), pp. 64, illus. in color
Claire Van Damme, Herwig Todts, Valerie Verhack, Jan Cox: Living One’s Art (Stichting Kunstboek BVBA, 2008), p. 53, illus. in color

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