Grant Wood
Fertility

Fertility

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Fertility
Fertility
ArtistAmerican, 1891–1942
PrinterAmerican, 1894–1965
PublisherNew York, 1934–1981
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
Not on view

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Object Type
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
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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