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Exhibition History"Selected Works from the Des Moines Art Center's Permanent Collection," organized by the Waterloo Municipal Galleries, Oct. 24 - Nov. 20, 1983, (circulated to: Charles H. MacNider Museum, Mason City, Jan. 15 - Feb. 26, 1984; Muscatine Art Center, Apr. 1 - May 13, 1984; Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, May 27 - July 1, 1984; Sioux City Art Center, July 15 - Aug. 26, 1984)

"Models and Moments: Paintings and Drawings by John Koch," organized by the Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Nov. 6 - Dec. 21, 1977, (circulated to: Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, N.Y., Sept. 12 - Oct. 10, 1977)

"John Koch in New York," Museum of the City of New York, Nov. 6, 1963 - Jan. 1, 1964

"The Painting of Light," Des Moines Art Center, Mar. 3 - 27, 1960

"Contemporary Religious Arts," Grand Rapids Art Gallery, Mar. 9 - May 15, 1956

"Fine Arts Festival: Are the Contemporary Arts Traditional?" Art Department, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Jan. 4 - 8, 1955

"John Koch," Kraushaar Galleries, N.Y., Oct. 1954

"Reality and Fantasy 1900 - 1954," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, May 23 - July 2, 1954

"Realism in Painting and Sculpture," Des Moines Art Center, June 5 - July 12, 1953
Published References"Realism in Painting and Sculpture," Des Moines Art Center, 1953, exh. cat. ref.

Models and Moments: Paintings and Drawings by John Koch," Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1977, exh. cat. no.2, ill. p.14

DMAC Bulletin, June 1953, cover ill.

"Selected Works from the Des Moines Art Center's Permanent Collection," Waterloo Municipal Galleries, 1983, exh. cat. no.18

"Reality and Fantasy 1900 - 1954," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 1954, exh. cat. no.87

"John Koch in New York," Museum of the City of New York, 1963, exh. cat. ill. p.55

"John Koch," Kraushaar Galleries, N. Y., 1954, exh. cat. no.2

"The Painting of Light," Des Moines Art Center, 1960, exh. cat. no.52

DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. p.129
DimensionsOverall: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
Accession Number 1953.31
Classificationspainting
SignedKoch (l,r oil paint)
ProvenanceArtist. (Kraushaar Galleries, New York); Des Moines Art Center [purchased from the previous, 1953]
Studio in Night Light
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
John Koch
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Mark Rothko
1956
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
John Kirsch
date unknown
Photo Credit: Richard Sanders, Des Moines
John Marin
1932
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
John Frederick Peto
ca. 1900-1902
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Jasper Johns
1958
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Sean Scully
2003-2004
Condition photo 11/10/2015
John Gordon
1970