About This Artwork
Robert Gwathmey
American, 1903-1988
The Farmer Wanted a Boy1942
Oil on canvas
61.6 x 114.6 cm (25 1/4 x 45 1/8 in.)
Signed l.r.: Gwathmey
Mary and Earle Ludgin Collection, 1981.261
American Art
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
New York, ACA Gallery, Robert Gwathmey, January 21–February 9, 1946, cat. 17.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Robert Gwathmey, October 26–November 13, 1946, cat. 6.
Publication History
Judith A. Barter et al., "American Modernism at the Art Institute of Chicago, From World War I to 1955," (Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press, 2009), cat. 135.