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WOOD, GRANT, American 1891-1942,
WOOD, GRANT, American 1891-1942,
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Title: "Fertility",
lithograph,1939, signed in pencil by the artist, from the edition of 250,as published by Associated American Artists, New York, ,
Size info: ,sheet: () 11 3/8 x 13 7/8 in (29 x 35.5 cm.)m) , ,
Framing: Sold unframed,
Literature: Recorded and illustrated in the standard text on the original prints of Grant Wood by Cole, No. 15.,
Comments: With its burgeoning barn and densely packed cornfield, this stylized farmscape is a testimonial to the agricultural productivity of Iowa. However, Grant Wood also suggests that Regionalism is a fertile philosophy for artistic growth, as evidenced by the numerous references to Gothic Architecture: the farmhouse is the same Carpenter Gothic house from American Gothic, the barn's Gothic vault, and the corn leaves form arched tiers reminiscent of a Gothic church.The development of the Gothic arch provided a boon to European architecture and competition between rival cities led to magnificent edifices that stand to this day. Similarly, as Wood proposed in his essay Revolt Against the City, "the hope of a native American art lives in the development of regional art centers and the competition between them."Note from the Dubuque Museum of Art catalog for a 2001 exhibition of a gift of Randy and Cathy Lengeling.Wood used the Gothic arch as a symbol in his work for the regionalist philosophy.,
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Condition
,A very good impression, in excellent condition with 3/4 to 1 1/2 inch margins. Slight residue from tape top edge verso.,
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