Grant Wood
Fertility

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Artist Grant Wood (American, 1891–1942)American, 1891–1942

CultureAmerican

Titles

Fertility

Date1939

Published inNew York City, New York, United States

Place depictedIowa, United States

MediumLithograph on wove paper, edition of 250

DimensionsImage: 8 7/8 × 11 7/8 in. (22.5 × 30.2 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/4 × 13 3/4 in. (28.6 × 34.9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Carol Lynne Werner in memory of her parents, Robert and Carolyn Werner

Object number2015.439

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ProvenanceThe artist and [Associated American Artists, New York]; Private collection, United States; [Swann Auction Galleries, New York, by 2015]; [Swann Auction Galleries, New York, Old Master through Modern Prints, November 4, 2015, lot 581, illus.]; purchased by MFAH, 2015.
Exhibition History"Around Midcentury in the United States," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Oct. 28, 2020 – July 27, 2021. [Inaugural Installation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Signed in graphite, below image, lower right: Grant Wood

Verso: Label in printed and typed ink, on backboard: Artist: Grant Wood / Title: Fertility / Date: 1939 / Medium: lithograph / Size: / Edition: / Source: Associated American Artists # 8 / I.D. # 3-13-81

Catalogue raisonnéCole 15; Corn 89; AAA 369

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