A transformational gift to the Permanent Collection
Maria Cox collected modern
and contemporary art with her late husband, Donald, throughout their marriage,
building an impressive selection of works by Joan Mitchell, Philip Guston, Joel
Shapiro, Frank Stella, Keith Haring, Malcom Morley, Jasper Johns, and many
more.
The ninety-eight objects in
the entire Cox Collection include sixteen paintings, twenty-seven sculptures,
fifty-two works on paper, one photograph, and two pieces of ephemera. Cox has
also created The Donald and Maria Cox Fund by pledging a gift to help support
research, conservation, access, and future growth of the Permanent Collection.
Highlights include
Mitchell’s 1986 painting
Chord III, two paintings by Guston, a bronze sculpture by Shapiro, and
Haring’s Two Dancing Figures sculpture.
The Cox Collection includes
sixty artists previously not represented in MOCA’s Permanent Collection. This gift propels the Museum
towards its goal of creating a high-quality collection with areas of
distinction that will help define the institution regionally, nationally, and
internationally.