Grant Wood

Midnight Alarm
1939

A black and white illustration of a person ascending a staircase while holding a lit oil lamp, casting a shadow on the wall. The scene is framed within a larger sheet of paper with rough edges.

A black and white illustration of a person ascending a staircase while holding a lit oil lamp, casting a shadow on the wall. The scene is framed within a larger sheet of paper with rough edges.

Not on view

Date
1939

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 16 1/16 × 11 13/16in. (40.8 × 30 cm) Image: 11 15/16 × 7in. (30.3 × 17.8 cm)

Accession number
78.27

Edition
Ed. 250

Publication
Printed by George C. Miller; published by Associated American Artists

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Arthur G. Altschul

Rights and reproductions
© Figge Art Museum, successors to the Estate of Nan Wood Graham / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/5211

Exhibitions

Real/Surreal

Oct 6, 2011–Feb 12, 2012

Grant Wood
13 works in the collection

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