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A work made of charcoal, smudging and erasure, and white conté crayon on tan paperboard.

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  • A work made of charcoal, smudging and erasure, and white conté crayon on tan paperboard.

Date:

1938

Artist:

Grant Wood
American, 1891-1942

About this artwork

This impressive drawing relates to a series of lithographs—which Wood planned but never completed—representing all the seasons and months of the year. He made finished drawings depicting four of the months, and this is the only subject of which he also made a painting. Contrary to the usual evolution of a composition, he made the lithograph first, in 1937, then this drawing, in 1938, and finally the painting, in 1940.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Grant Wood

Title

January

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1938

Medium

Charcoal, smudging and erasure, and white Conté crayon on tan paperboard

Inscriptions

Signed and dated lower left, in charcoal: "GRANT WOOD 1938"

Dimensions

52 × 68 cm (20 1/2 × 26 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Regenstein Acquisition Fund and Regenstein Foundation

Reference Number

2015.219

Extended information about this artwork

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