Benton and America in the 1930s: Works on Paper

May 19–Sept 4, 2004

A black and white illustration of a man standing in a field, leaning on a shovel with a large cylindrical log in front of him. The background features a curved landscape with a road lined with cars leading to a distant farmhouse and silo. The sky is lightly clouded with a few birds in flight. The image has a surreal quality with the road and cars defying normal perspective and gravity. There is a signature at the bottom right corner.
A black and white illustration of a man standing in a field, leaning on a shovel with a large cylindrical log in front of him. The background features a curved landscape with a road lined with cars leading to a distant farmhouse and silo. The sky is lightly clouded with a few birds in flight. The image has a surreal quality with the road and cars defying normal perspective and gravity. There is a signature at the bottom right corner.

Grant Wood, In the Spring, 1939. Lithograph, sheet: 12 × 16 in. (30.5 × 40.6 cm) Image: 8 15/16 × 11 7/8 in. (22.7 × 30.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Arthur G. Altschul 78.26. © Figge Art Museum, successors to the Estate of Nan Wood Graham / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Benton and America in the 1930s: Works on Paper was curated by David Kiehl.

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