Artist
Grant Wood American, 1891–1942
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Sultry Night
Date1939
PlaceUnited States
MediumLithograph, edition of 100
DimensionsImage: 9 1/16 × 11 3/4 in. (23 × 29.8 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/2 × 14 15/16 in. (29.2 × 37.9 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/2 × 14 15/16 in. (29.2 × 37.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund
Object number91.1921
Not on view
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"Masterworks of Lithography", February 12 through May 8, 2005, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas. [106 Cameron]
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: in lower right border of sheet, may not be authentic.:
Inscribed in pencil, lower right corner (inverted): "9 x 11 3/4", on verso, lower right corner: " "Sultry Night"/ 3A-GW-1 P-2-LHVHV"; on mount, left bottom edge: "GRANT WOOD SULTRY NIGHT, 1939 LITHOGRAPH, ED. 100", lower right corner: "5000"[barely erased]
Inscribed in pencil, lower right corner (inverted): "9 x 11 3/4", on verso, lower right corner: " "Sultry Night"/ 3A-GW-1 P-2-LHVHV"; on mount, left bottom edge: "GRANT WOOD SULTRY NIGHT, 1939 LITHOGRAPH, ED. 100", lower right corner: "5000"[barely erased]
bottom right below image in pencil "Grant Wood"
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