Grant Wood

Tree Planting Group
1937

A black and white illustration depicting a surreal scene with two large figures digging into the ground, one of them seemingly unearthing the other. In the background, a woman with two children is holding a tree branch, and another group of children is standing on a porch observing the scene. The artwork is signed and dated at the bottom right.

A black and white illustration depicting a surreal scene with two large figures digging into the ground, one of them seemingly unearthing the other. In the background, a woman with two children is holding a tree branch, and another group of children is standing on a porch observing the scene. The artwork is signed and dated at the bottom right.

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Date
1937

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 16in. (30.2 × 40.6 cm) Image: 8 7/16 × 10 7/8in. (21.4 × 27.6 cm)

Accession number
72.78

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/5214

Exhibitions

Modern Life: Edward Hopper and His Time

Oct 28, 2010–Apr 10, 2011

Grant Wood
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