Grant Wood
Saturday Night Bath

Saturday Night Bath

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Saturday Night Bath
Saturday Night Bath
ArtistAmerican, 1891–1942
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Saturday Night Bath
Date1937
PlaceUnited States
MediumCharcoal on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 24 1/16 × 26 15/16 in. (61.1 × 68.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Jack Tausend in memory of Mary Nesbit Tausend
Object number2004.1603
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; given to Dr. Wellwood and Genevieve Nesbit, Madison, Wisconsin; to Dr. Harold (Jack) and Mary Nesbit (1925-1986) Tausend, Houston, before 1986; bequethed to Dr. Harold (Jack) Tausend), Houston, 1986-2004; given to MFAH, 2004.
Exhibition History"Acquisitions of the Last Five Years: Selections of Modern and Contemporary Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 15–October 15, 2005.

"Grant Wood: American Gothic and Other Fables," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 2–June 10, 2018.

"Around Midcentury in the United States," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Aug. 20, 2021 - Jan. 2, 2022. [Second Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]

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