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Grant Wood

Approaching Storm

Maker

Grant Wood (American, 1891-1942), designer

Title

Approaching Storm

Year

1940

Medium

  • lithograph

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • lithograph

Materials

lithograph

Supports

  • medium weight cream wove paper

Dimensions

30.2 x 22.5 cm (11 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:signed in pencil under image on right:Grant Wood Verso:In pencil in LR:82.186

Marks: Watermark:GCM, refers to the printer George C. Miller

Identification

State

250

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Howard Day (through Rhode Island School of Design Library)

Object Number

82.186

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Early Modernism in America
Feb 24, 1995 – Apr 16, 1995

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Grant Wood (American, 1891-1942), designer
Approaching Storm, 1940
lithograph
30.2 x 22.5 cm (11 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches) (plate)
Gift of Mrs. Howard Day (through Rhode Island School of Design Library) 82.186

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